Please help identify this tree

Posted by carousel on August 15, 2011, 10:19 am

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Please can anyone tell me what this tree is.

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Posted by despen on August 15, 2011, 11:36 am

Rose of Sharon.

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Posted by David E. Ross on August 15, 2011, 3:59 pm

On 8/15/11 8:36 AM, despen@verizon.net wrote:

My favorite garden book says 'Rose of Sharon' is a mallow (Hibiscus
syriacus). The flowers in the photo are definitely not mallows.

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Posted by despen on August 15, 2011, 4:27 pm

The tree shape, leaf, and flower color look like rose of sharon.
I couldn't make out the flower shape but it didn't look quite right
I admit. I have seen some Rose of Sharon with different looking flower
shapes.

A closeup of the flower should be definitive.

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Posted by David Hare-Scott on August 15, 2011, 5:48 pm

despen@verizon.net wrote:

It reminds me of crepe myrtle but once again doesn't seem quite right.

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