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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Hans J on July 15, 2010, 11:11:23 AM

Title: what is this ?
Post by: Hans J on July 15, 2010, 11:11:23 AM

By a visit last week in a Arboretum I saw this shrub without a label ...knows maybe anybody what this is ?

Thanks
Hans

Title: Re: what is this ?
Post by: Armin on July 15, 2010, 11:18:59 AM

looks like Colutea arborescens (Gelber Blasenstrauch)

Title: Re: what is this ?
Post by: mark smyth on July 15, 2010, 11:21:59 AM

That plant also grows in the botanic gardens in Dublin. I'm sure someone will answer but if no-one does I'll email your photo to my contacts in the garden

Title: Re: what is this ?
Post by: Hans J on July 15, 2010, 11:23:33 AM

Thank you Armin and Mark

Wow thats was very quick !!!

what a fantastic forum  ;D

Title: Re: what is this ?
Post by: Hans J on July 15, 2010, 11:37:17 AM

Here are more pics from this Arboretum :

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3289.msg159649#msg159649
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2645.msg159741#msg159741

But luckily with labels !

Title: Re: what is this ?
Post by: Paddy Tobin on July 15, 2010, 06:24:23 PM

Hans,

Nice shrub.

I agree with Armin. It's common name is "Bladder Senna". "Bladder" because of the inflated seedpods, I suppose.

Paddy

Title: Re: what is this ?
Post by: Hans J on July 15, 2010, 07:01:37 PM

Hi Paddy ,

I have looked in the internet -the name from Armin is 100% correct !

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelber_Blasenstrauch

Hans