Asked on Oct 08, 2014
Does anyone know what tree or plant this could be
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I found this plant growing for the first time in my yard..it was getting so big I moved it and now its good size with a trunk the size of a fist, know one seem to no what it is the leaves big and are pretty soft like velvet it grows like a weed. Please help. Thank you! Anita
43 answers
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looks like a variagated faschia to me
Terece
on Oct 08, 2014
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does it get blue berries n it in fall. Looks like porcelain berry vine
Bal636632
on Oct 09, 2014
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No haven't seen any berry's, I know the trunk has gotten bigger, I will look that up. Thank you so much.
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 09, 2014
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Thank you for the suggestions but this doesn't answer my question because it is not a vine, it's a tree with big soft leaves and the trunk is large.
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 09, 2014
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geranium of some sort?
Janet Friend
on Oct 09, 2014
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I used to have a Mallow that looked like this.
Donna Shipley
on Oct 09, 2014
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I think Donna may be on the right track with tree mallow (Lavatora arborea), but you have never seen it bloom?
Douglas Hunt
on Oct 09, 2014
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https://www.google.com/search?q=lavatera+arborea+tree+mallow&espv=2&biw=1086&bih=675&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=65Q2VJ3rMYra8AHHpYGgBA&ved=0CCUQsAQ
Judy
on Oct 09, 2014
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Perhaps you could take a leaf to a local nursery and ask them.
Marion Nesbitt
on Oct 09, 2014
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I have not seen it bloom yet, but looked it up and I think it is a variegated Mallow tree I think,I think?
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 09, 2014
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I think your right Donna, variegated Mallow it defiantly is a tree not bushy on the bottom I guess it will take over, will it?
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 09, 2014
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Whatever it is it's gorgeous. Shape it and keep it. Unless it can push over your fence :)
169756
on Oct 10, 2014
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At first glance I a;so thought it was a Mallow.
Carol Lopez-Le Sueur
on Oct 10, 2014
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It looks like a hibiscuses tree....I have one and it looks so similar...It will bloom a purple flower, again similar looking to a hibiscuses flower....they are easy to root from a cutting....whatever it is it is beautiful....someway it made its way into your yard...I would check with neighbors around a couple of blocks area....and definitely would move it away from your fence.....
Cynthia
on Oct 10, 2014
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Either a variegated Mallow or variegated castor
Jhunt10
on Oct 10, 2014
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I agree with Terece that it is Fatsia japonica. She mispelled it and you thought she meant Fuschia.
Ronald W
on Oct 10, 2014
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Don't know what it is but it's pretty.
Linda
on Oct 10, 2014
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I wish I knew! It is beautiful!! I love the leaves!! Does it flower? It really is unique, it looks almost more like a shrub or bush of some kind.
Julie
on Oct 10, 2014
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found it!! Fatsia - comes in various leaf sizes and colors
Terece
on Oct 10, 2014
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No, it is not a Fatsia japonica. I have one and the leaves do not look like this. It is a mallow definately.
Kathy Bowles
on Oct 10, 2014
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It's a keeper for sure. Not sure what it is but beautiful.
Starr Bogle
on Oct 10, 2014
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they look like rhubarb leaves! very cool....
Clare Olson
on Oct 10, 2014
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http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-05/variegated-leaf-mallow.jpg I think you may be right in thinking it is a variegated mallow. Very interesting and pretty.
Jennifer LeQuire
on Oct 10, 2014
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http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/113603/#b
Sue W
on Oct 10, 2014
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I love it wish I had one!
Lee Cunningham Green
on Oct 10, 2014
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Could it be a castor bean bush?
Dottie Dorton Warren
on Oct 10, 2014
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it is NOT variegated fatsia japonica the leave are too "round" what it is is mahoe or beach hibiscus https://almostedenplants.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=9294
April E
on Oct 10, 2014
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I can verify that your plant is not Fatsia Japonica.
Evelyn
on Oct 10, 2014
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It looks like mallow but I've never seen it varigated before. Its not beach hibiscus either leaves are wrong. Its mallow family just need figure out what strain.
Stephanie
on Oct 11, 2014
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Since you have gotten approximately 2,000 different opinions on what your plant may or may not be, I suggest that you cut off a leaf and take it, in a sealed plastic bag, to your local extension office.
Douglas Hunt
on Oct 11, 2014
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Yes Douglas I will have to do that it's driving me crazy now...LOL I do believe it is the closes to the Mallow tree.
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 11, 2014
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Thank you so much for all your advice. It is a Mallow Tree!
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 11, 2014
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So did you find out what the plant is?
Mun354006
on Oct 11, 2014
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If it ever blooms, please post a picture. Thank you.
Ronald W
on Oct 12, 2014
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I will post a picture when it flower's
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 12, 2014
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Yes I believe it is a Mallow Tree!
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 13, 2014
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Take a leaf to the nursery, they should be able to tell you!
Efl497841
on Oct 15, 2014
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there is an app called Leaf Snap take a pic of the leaf and it is identified for you.
Kajunsugar
on Oct 21, 2014
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Thank you!
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 22, 2014
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have u been able to get an answer to ur question?
Kajunsugar
on Oct 22, 2014
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I would like to know what kind of tree it is myself.
Kajunsugar
on Oct 22, 2014
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Haven't yet been busy as soon as I know I will let you know.
Anitastalvigdavies
on Oct 23, 2014
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Thank you, I will be waiting to hear form you.
Kajunsugar
on Oct 25, 2014
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