Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
> "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1146585670.855908.47810@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Declan Murphy wrote:
> >> (Apologies for the crosspost)
> >>
> >> Would some kind soul identify this flowering tree for me please? It is
> >> about 45 centimetres high, and I've inherited it from the previous
> >> owner of the garden. The stem is only about 15mm thick at the base, so
> >> I'm assuming it was planted early last year or the year before. Thought
> >> it may be dead, but it began flowering about 10 days ago.
> >>
> >> http://www.declan.tv/images/what_kind_of_tree_is_this.jpg
> >>
> >> (image is 186KB)
> >>
> >> Regards Declan,
> >> Botanically challenged,
> >> Okazaki, Japan
> >
> > When I first saw it, I immediately thought of a forsythia - only a
> > bright pink one instead of yellow.  But I googled for pink forsythia,
> > and while there is such a thing, it doesn't look much like your plant.
> > Come to think of it, the only commonality with forsythia is the bright
> > flowers on bare stems, the leaves coming only second later in Spring.
> > Fat lot of good my answer is :-)
> > Well done, all the same, Declan.  It looks like you've stumped a whole
> > newsgroup of experts (and don't include me in that).
> > Cat(h)
> >
>
> Declan can do miracles with pink paint and Sellotape:-)

Hmmm... I hadn't envisaged that possibility... but now that you mention
it...
Speaking of which... has such a cheeky trick ever been played here?  A
spaghetti tree for April Fools' day, mayhaps?
Cat(h)