Tear it up

[MattA]

Kc and Jamie love the virts, Jamie how do you do manage to even get flowers on it I am yet to see it flower, which would help immensely with identifying.

Dennis, pear would be another option tho it is definitely not calleryana as I have one of these and the leaves are not furry like on this little guy.

Will try & get some more pics of the bark, it has just had a haircut so there are no leaves at present but they wont be far away as buds are already swelling. I will also get a pic with the alternative front, not a full 180 but close to it.

Matt

[MattA]

Ok here is another pic, showing a possible new front. Remove the branch from the second trunk that goes to the right behind the main trunk and the remianing branch down. Then bring the front branch on the main trunk across to the left more & the upright branch on the right down some. It will never be conventional but I have never been one to worry about that.

Also some close ups of the bark on the main trunk with a section of chunky stuff and of wood thats about 3yrs old.

Matt

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[Grant Bowie]

If the new growth is very green it could be an Apricot.

Grant

[MattA]

Well its taken me a few months but i finally got round to getting some pics of the new growth & mature foliage. It was repotted late winter into straight akadama as the buds started to move. I removed the largish root that i wanted to but ended up potting it back basically in the same position.. Another year I can look again.

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[PinkFlowers]

It's leaves look identical to a shrub in our yard, and the bark looks like our plum with those lines accross it. interesting.

[astroboy76]

hey Matt,

it def isnt an apricot but i would bet my money its a quince cultivator. not the flowering kind but the fruiting kind. i knwo they all fruit but this one would be for fruiting, not ornamental. when i saw the first picture of the mildly burnt leaves i notced the look of the new growth at the tip. exactly like my chinese quince.

the leaf shape is similar as is the bark. i would fairly confidently say its a type of quince. i could be wrong though!

[Pat093]

i have a feeling it could be a loropetalum.
if it gets a white flower it could be possible.

[astroboy76]

some examples of fruiting quince cultivators.

even my chinese quince has hair or downy stuff on the new leaves.

matt, do you find that the new growth if touched a few times leaves a mildly resiny residue on your finger?

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[MattA]

My initial thoughts when collected was some sort of quince & seeing the photo's posted by Astroboy76 (thanks bud) I would be fairly confident to say it is one.

I gave this a trim after the new seasons growth had hardened off & we then copped a couple hot days late spring & the main trunk died off (I think sunburn may have been the cause as the smaller trunk has continued growing without missing a beat.)

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