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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    DSC_0052.JPG This is a plant I grew from seed that fell into my pocket:whistle:, when I visited Ventnor botanical gardens a couple of years ago.
    Pretty sure it a legume and remember the plant as being about 7 ft high.
    Would like to know so as to get some idea how hardy it is.
    Some kind of Broom perhaps.
     
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      Gosh, you are the person I would ask ... or @strongylodon

      Sort of looks familiar ... maybe Caragana arborescens - Siberian Peashrub ... what colour was the flower?



       
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        Why not just email them that image, saying you thought you saw something similar/same whilst there, and ask them what it is? Don't ask, don't get.

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          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          I dunno, it was just pods when I saw it.:biggrin:
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            Because I want you lot to work it out for me, there's no fun in that.;)
            I dont know what it is.:scratch:
             
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              My first thought was 'Pistachio'. Not Pistacia lentiscus, the true Pistachio vera? But it's a dead ringer for Caragana as well.
               
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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                The leaflets are slightly hairy, and it was definitely a pea like, but small pod.

                Cant see why Ventnor would be growing a Siberian pea.:biggrin:
                 
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                  How about a chick pea
                   
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                    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                    No,dont think so the seed was about the size of Acacia.
                     
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                      What a handsome specimen of Reynoutria japonica you accidentally acquired Pete :whistle:

                      What do you think of Phyllanthaceae? Something in the family might not be far off

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                        Well it is a good suggestion, but I still think it was a legume, unless I'm remembering wrong.
                         
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                          Why not?
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                          • pete

                            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                            Well it wouldn't exactly be taking advantage of it's position, but I do see your point.
                             
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                              Can you remember which part of the garden @pete as I recall it is organised into different Continents, might help to know its origin.
                               
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                                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                                No :biggrin:
                                 
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