Another mystery tree
Maybe this is the chance to have my mystery tree identified.
About 30 years ago I read a library book on Temperate Trees (or a
similar title). It had lots of coloured pictures of glorious trees
growing in Australia. Not quite the "temperate" I was expecting, but
OK for California. A friend took note of one of these trees I
admired and grew me a seedling, but neither of us has been able to
remember which tree it is.
I have it in my unheated greenhouse where it reaches the roof which
is about 5m high at the point above the tree. It would likely grow
higher, but the high heat just under the glass stops growth of all my
trees. No worry about anything pushing the roof off.
The leaf is like a large palmate maple leaf, very shiny, evergreen.
It has never flowered, which makes it hard to identify.
Diane Whitehead Victoria British Columbia, Canada
zone 8, cool mediterranean climate
