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Can anyone ID this plant please?

Chris WhitakerChris Whitaker Posts: 16
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Hi folks
Not been on here for a long time so apologies if I should've added this question to another discussion 
About 6 years ago a lady I used to work with brought some seeds back from Sorrento Italy and managed to grown 3 or 4 small plants.  She gave me one of these and I left that job shortly after. 6 years on its now 3 ft high... looks like tree and is deciduous.  This year I've kept it inside in semi shade and it's kept all its leaves. I haven't the foggiest what it's called and I've never er seen leaves like it before or since. It would mean a great deal if anyone out there knows or indeed has one of these?, I never keep it outside. The stem is sticky and it's very slow growing with 6 inch leaves. FINGERS CROSSED and thankyou . Chris. 
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,169
    that's more of an arty photo than an ID photo :)


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Chris WhitakerChris Whitaker Posts: 16
    Haha!.. sorry it's my profession by day ( and night ).. I'll attempt to add the whole thing... the stem is about 2cm thick at the Base tapering to a thin wiry tip. The leaves sprout straight from the stem so there are no branches as such. In winter if I keep it in full sunlight just a stem remains until March when it comes alive again
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,017
    edited September 2018
    I think it's Graham's Manihot (Manihot grahamii)  .... not a plant I know but I remembered the leaf shape from this post a few days ago

    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1021704/grahams-manihot#latest


    https://myjunglegarden.com/2015/12/manihot-grahamii/#.W45JLPlKjIU



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Chris WhitakerChris Whitaker Posts: 16
    Hi Dove
    I can see the similarity with the leaf shape but mine has 5 lobes on a single leaf on each stem. It also doesn't form this clump like shape.  The leaves are shiny on one side and dull on the reverse
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,017
    Oh dear ...  :/  Back to the drawing board ... this time literally ... I'm in the studio today lol

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Chris WhitakerChris Whitaker Posts: 16
    Thanks !..  enjoy .. don't forget to keep those pencils sharp. . although I'm sure it's all digital now  B)B)
  • Chris WhitakerChris Whitaker Posts: 16

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,017
    Like a terrier with a bone I am  ;)

    What about this one?   

    http://www.backyardnature.net/mexnat/manihot2.htm


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,017
    Chris Whitaker said:
    Thanks !..  enjoy .. don't forget to keep those pencils sharp. . although I'm sure it's all digital now  B)B)
     Nope ... charcoal, canvas, oil paint and linseed are the stuff of my day  B)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Chris WhitakerChris Whitaker Posts: 16
    Wonderful... love the smell of linseed in the mornings  ... I think you've nailed it!... I'm going with a wild manioc. . It has the same 5 lobes ... now I am gonna try and grow it to 5m tall and impress the neighbours.  Thanks a million  :):)
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