Solved Unknown hardy exotic tree

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    Visited Treffgarne Hall gardens yesterday under NGS. Lots of lovely hardy exotics doing well - big aristolochia, iochroma, massive pawlonia that was full of seed heads, even a restio and a huge embothrium. However there was this, and the owner had forgotten its name. My apologies for the blurriness - the sky was pretty dark and soon was raining heavily. Can someone (@Silver surfer, @pete) please help? UnknownTreffgarneSm.jpg
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Dont recall ever seeing anything like that, leaf shape looks very distinctive.

      Looks possibly evergreen?
       
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      Could it be Caesalpinia Pulcherrima? There is apparently a rare pink variety called 'Pink Peacock'.
       
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      Fascinating...never seen this before
      Really interesting plant.
      Look at that stigma...maybe pollinated by bats.... something rather large.
      Will need to work on this one.
       
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      LOMATIA ferruginea, I have looked on the Burncoose website a few times wondering if I should try it.
       
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          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          Looks to be worth a try.
          I think I would grow it for the foliage alone.
           
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            It needs acid soil so no good for me
             
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              Ooh well done @JWK ! I have grown Lomatia once before (not that one, a fraseri I think, but it never flowered). The foliage wasn't as good as this one. It is in a walled garden and is a significant tree, and the flowers are splendid - big and don't look like a protea or banksia despite the family! They also had a HUGE embothrium which was at tail end of flowering. The owner kindly showed me photos of it in full bloom - wonderful! I am currently killing some seedling ones - I hope they survive.
               
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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                Never let that put you off. :biggrin:
                 
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