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Antipodean identification?

brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109
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A 5” stick in the same pot that I got a tree fern in a couple of years ago, is now a 4ft single stem sapling with two distinctly different leaf shapes growing on each branch. Does anybody know what it is please? Thanks in advance…

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  • brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109

  • brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,542
    Albizia?
    Devon.
  • brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109
    that was one thought on our list but really not sure…
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,461
    The ferny leaves look very like my Acacia dealbata, but I don't know about the other leaf type. Mine is kept in a pot so may not have developed mature foliage, if that is different, but I don't know.
  • brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109
    Acacia was another on our possibilities list; but the two distinct different leaf shapes is confusing us.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 9,896
    I wonder if this is a grafted chimera? Is there any sign of a graft onto the root stock?
    Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people
  • brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109
    no grafting. It was a tiny seedling that came in the pot with the dicksonia.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 9,565
    Acacia - have a look at this page https://leafyplace.com/acacia-trees/ , in particular the section below the leaf pictures.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • brian stoatbrian stoat Posts: 109
    That’s the vary chap. Thanks Jenny. Mission accomplished.
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