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Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 15:43
| Found this growing in the sunny section of my hosta garden. I also found one in my front lawn, also sunny. I have nothing else in my landscape resembling the palmate leaf this has. I hesitate to pull it since it's so pretty. Any idea what it is? |
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| Isn't that poison oak? Yikes |
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| No, not poison ivy. Not Virginia creeper, either. I know what it is tho but the name escapes me! Arrggh! And I'm not at home to go look in my garden! Not foe, tho-, wildflower. Or weed, depending on how you look at it. Maybe somebody with a better memory can pinpoint it! Sandy |
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| looks like a chestnut (aesculus hippocastanum) to me - I thought the US chestnut (castanea?) was in dire straits with some horrible blight. Those palmate leaves though - they really do look familar. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 18:38
| i thought chestnut also ... if you pull it out.. or excavate.. you might find the nut shell .. if it is .. all 5 leafs.. are really one single leaf.. if i recall right ... ken |
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| Looks like Ohio's state tree, the Buckeye! aka horse chestnut. If you don't mind an 80 ft. tree, let it be. Otherwise... ;) |
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| could be one of the shrubs too - I have Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye, and I love it. It gets big: 15' by almost as wide but for shade it is lovely. Beautiful texture and flowers. |
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| An Aesculus, but not hippocastanum. You could try the Name the Plant Forum or the Tree Forum for further input. |
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| My Rodgersia aesculifolia has identical leaves. |
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