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By palmmermaid
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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palmmermaid

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Our society did a garden tour today to Norm Moody's garden. Awesome place with some of the largest specimens of exotic palms I've ever seen in cultivation. Sorry I don't have any pictures.

One of the non-palm plants that intrigued me was a small busy tree or large shrub. It stood out in the garden because the new leaes are bright pink to light red. The leaves are about 4" long and very oblong in shape. The bark is rough and light colored. Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Norm didn't remember and no one in the group knew.

Thanks,

Kitty

Palmmermaid

Kitty Philips

West Palm Beach, FL

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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no photos?

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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Did it look like this?

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So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

mangolorry Contributor

mangolorry

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Almost impossible to say without photos but possibly a species of Syzygium?

palmmermaid Veteran

palmmermaid

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Jerry,

That is exactly what it looked like! What is it??

Palmmermaid

Kitty Philips

West Palm Beach, FL

Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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It is Ceylon Ironwood, Mesua ferrea. A cool slow growing tree that flushes red new growth a few times a year.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

palmmermaid Veteran

palmmermaid

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Jerry,

Thanks! No allI have to do is find one! I knew either you or Eric would know what it is. The one at Norm Moody's place was about 7 feet tall. It was a blaze of glory on Saturday.

Palmmermaid

Kitty Philips

West Palm Beach, FL

The Germinator Mentor

The Germinator

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Wow that is amazing, no picture and he nailed in the first try. We will have to call him the Plant Psych.

Ed Mijares

Whittier, Ca

Psyco Palm Collector Wheeler Dealer

Zone 10a?

Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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My Plant Spidey Sense was tingling.

That pic is the tree in my yard and I look at it almost everyday. The way Kitty described it just clicked immediately.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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