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Shrub/small tree ID please

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 65,311
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Posting on behalf of @WonkyWomble ... she is seeking an ID for this small tree belonging to a customer who says it has pink flowers. 

Thanks folks 😊 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 65,311
    edited November 2020
    I wondered if it’s a Crataegus but the leaves look a bit wrong ... what do others think 🤔 

    I’ve asked if there are thorns or signs of fruit/berries but she can’t check that until her next visit. 
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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Scariff, County Clare, IrelandPosts: 6,495
    It does look like a Crataegus, @Dovefromabove.  C.pinnatifida has big leaves and hardly any thorns... and there are plenty of other varieties too.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 65,311
    edited November 2020
    Thanks @Liriodendron 😊 
    I really only know our native one. I’ll tell @WonkyWomble 😊 

    Edited to say:  she sends thanks 🙏 
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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Scariff, County Clare, IrelandPosts: 6,495
    You're (both) welcome!  Hope I'm right...   ;)
    "The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."  Rabindranath Tagore
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 2,955
    I wondered about Hibiscus, but I'm far from sure. It looks familiar.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 2,643
    With the size of the trunk, leaf scapes...see  pic.1 and 2./ shape of leaves and pink flowers it looks like 
    Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' 
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 159
    My first instinct was Hibiscus as well, ours died years ago and it's always been in the back of my mind to replace it.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 65,311
    Update ... @WonkyWomble ’s customer found the label



    👍 
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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 2,643
    Dovefromabove said:
    Update ... @WonkyWomble ’s customer found the label



    👍 
    Delighted that you found the label.
    I wasn't sure if my post had been read.
    The clue is in the mini leaves...leaf scapes./and a leaf like the common Hawthorn.
    Not many trees have these.
    Hibiscus certain do not 
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 65,311
    Yes ... thank you @Silver surfer ... I read yiudd ed post yesterday evening but was soooo tired ... my apologies .., and thanks from @WonkyWomble and myself 🙏 
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