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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: George the Pigman on June 26, 2018, 12:37:56

Title: Can anyone identify this allotment shrub?
Post by: George the Pigman on June 26, 2018, 12:37:56
Over the last few years a shrub has appeared in the area I reserve for fruit bushes/trees on my allotment and I can't identify it. It is multistemmed, grows to about 2 feet tall and has red stems and serrated brown leaves . At first I thought it was the rootstock of something that died off but I have never seen it flower let alone produce any fruit. At first there was one of them but now there are a few more.
See attached picture of part of a stem.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this allotment shrub?
Post by: Deb P on June 26, 2018, 13:41:39
Could it be a young cherry tree? They often start off with bronze foliage.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this allotment shrub?
Post by: hippydave on June 26, 2018, 19:11:26
Looks like a beech to me.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this allotment shrub?
Post by: laurieuk on June 26, 2018, 21:03:55
It looks very much like a seedling copper beech to me
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