Plant ID

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cdark1 Joined: 7/05/2008 Location: livonia, mi Posts: 4	Posted: Jul/05/2008 11:53 AM PST Hi, Anybody know what kind of plant this is. Chris http://cdn-media.gardenguides.com/media/images/000 000/94/63/Mzk0MTU2_large.jpg Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

Aurora Joined: 4/24/2008 Location: Chesapeake VA Posts: 1863	Posted: Jul/05/2008 12:04 PM PST It looks like goatsbeard to me, but I could be wrong Quote \| Reply \| Report

cdark1 Joined: 7/05/2008 Location: livonia, mi Posts: 4	Posted: Jul/05/2008 3:21 PM PST Hi, Thanks. I did a search for the goatbeard and it has pointer leaves. This plant has roundish leaves and frilly puffy like things on it. Chris Quote \| Reply \| Report

witt Joined: 3/28/2008 Location: The Bucolic Bungalow Lancaster, SC Posts: 2513 Moderator	Posted: Jul/06/2008 7:01 AM PST Could it be Chionanthus virginicus Old Man's Beard just beginning to flower? Quote \| Reply \| Report

cdark1 Joined: 7/05/2008 Location: livonia, mi Posts: 4	Posted: Jul/06/2008 7:11 AM PST HI, I took a closer shot of one of the puffy things on this plant this morning. What ever it is it's pretty cool. Thanks to anyone who can help. Chris Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

EvonneStoryteller Joined: 7/02/2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 492	Posted: Jul/06/2008 7:37 AM PST Small volunteers of the American Smoketree is my guess. Try Cotinus obovatus. Quote \| Reply \| Report

cdark1 Joined: 7/05/2008 Location: livonia, mi Posts: 4	Posted: Jul/06/2008 8:43 AM PST Thanks Evonne, I did some image searchs with the info you gave and I'd say positively that it is a Smoke Tree. Thank you very much! It's great that it just grew ther on it's own. Its got a bunch of smaller ones growing around it. I think I'll try to move a few of them around the yard. Chris Quote \| Reply \| Report