Mystery tree

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  19 March 2013     13:30221065
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  i have been asked to identify this tree growing in someone's garden, no idea myself.
  
  

  
• Guest 868

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  19 March 2013     13:31221066
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  Looks like wild cabbage to me !
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• Guest 710

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  19 March 2013     13:47221067
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  I'm am reliably informed that it is Lavatera, Tree Mallow...
  
  http://www.plantadvice.co.uk/garden-advice/articles/shrubs/lavatera-pruning-care-and-growing-tips/66
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  19 March 2013     14:58221069
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  thanks tom have passed that on.
• Guest 698

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  20 March 2013     20:11221329
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  There's a vast amount of Common Mallow growing along the A2 between Canterbury and Dover, it has very pretty purple flowers in the summer. The leaves are edible when well stewed, the Egyptians use it a lot, there they call it malokhiya. Very tasty but a bit slimy.
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