Botanical question.

[V8Ian]

Can any of our botanical experts identify this please?
I would like to know what to ask the nursary for if I send it to God by transplanting it.

[LandyAndy]

More info Ian.
Flowers???? Deciduoius???? Leaves change colour????
The Grinch is looking it up in a book.
Andrew

[LandyAndy]

Cant find it without further info.
She says try www.gardenexpress.com.au (http://www.gardenexpress.com.au)
Andrew

[banjo]

Can any of our botanical experts identify this please?
I would like to know what to ask the nursary for if I send it to God by transplanting it.



The first pics is a TREE

The second pics looks like a small branch off the same tree as in the first pic.

The third one looks like it could be off the same tree the second one is off.
:angel::angel:

[KarlB]

In addition to what has also been said, what is the underside of the leaf like (same as top, what colour, rough, etc)? What do the leaves smell like when you crush them in your hand? Are there any larger specimens growing near by (ie do you know how big it grows)?

If I had to have a guess on what very little info we have I would say it is a Laurel of some sort, but there are more than 2000 species in the family (Lauraceae) though not any where near that many in cultivation.

Cheers
KarlB
:)

[Bigbjorn]

Parthenium weed

[one_iota]

Parthenium weed


:eek:

I don't think so at least according to google

http://www.noxiousweeds.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/parthenium_weed.gif

I'm with KarlB on this one:

a member of the Lauraceae family: Bay and such like

[V8Ian]

The first pics is a TREE

The second pics looks like a small branch off the same tree as in the first pic.

The third one looks like it could be off the same tree the second one is off.
:angel::angel:
Thanks Jason, the knowledge on this forum is astounding. :D:D

[V8Ian]

Parthenium weed
See my reply to Banjo, smart ar$e. :p

[V8Ian]

It would appear not to be deciduoius, as it has plenty of leaves now (sob-tropical Brisbane) and has had through the cold spell. The leaves range from a waxy sheened deep green to a reddish purple. The leaves on the taller stalks are a lighter matt green, it seems to be a clumping plant, unless it has previously been chopped at ground level, and re-shot.

The first picture is the underside.

[KarlB]

Couple more questions Ian, you obviously didn't plant it, so how did it get there? If it was already growing when you moved in, is the garden largly exotics or natives? Smell could be very important?

Cheers
KarlB
:(

[richard4u2]

looking at the waxyness of the leaves i dont think it is transplantable , just cut a little branch off and take to your local nursery if there is no local nursery just post a few leaves into the your ag dept

[V8Ian]

Couple more questions Ian, you obviously didn't plant it, so how did it get there? If it was already growing when you moved in, is the garden largly exotics or natives? Smell could be very important?

Cheers
KarlB
:(
It was already here, it looks like 354 people have contributed to the landscape at varying times, each with their own, but different themes. Weeds thrive here. :mad: The faint smell is quite sweet, not like anything in particular.

[fernockulated]

according to a previous employer of mine, that looks like a "tasmanian guava"































then again every tree he looked at was a tassy guava ;)

[KarlB]

I thought it was a Oliver's Sassafras (also known as Cinnamonwood, Black Sassafras, Camphorwood) Cinnamomum oliveri, but that has an aromatic smell about it. It looks like this:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/777.jpg

It is a rainforest native that ranges from south of Sydney through to Cape York.

Cheers
KarlB