Tall shrub

[Palustris]

Palmate, three lobed leaves, mid green and shiny. Flowers about 1cm across and greeny white. Will be a rare one and not Exochorda or Choyisia. Label has gone walkabout!

[newplantguy]

Is it a Sambucus, cant say which one though???
Paul.

[Palustris]

Don't think so. Not Heptacodium either, that is slewhere in the garden.

[ideasguy]

RE:

Palmate, three lobed leaves

I take it that the leaves in the foreground, left, are not of the plant?
If that is correct, do you have a good photo of the palmate leaves?

[Palustris]

All the leaves you can see are from the plant, but a bit twisted round as I was trying to get a clear shot of the flowers.

Leaves, about 3 inches at the longest, but get bigger in time.

Close up of the flower.

[ideasguy]

With those photos, making an ID should be easy - for someone familiar with that Genus. Not one I have or know
In the first photo in this topic, the stem (from bottom left of photo) looked very like my Paeonia lutea, but the leaves are a totally different shape.

Looking forward to finding out.

[Palustris]

Found it. Staphylea colchica.

[ideasguy]

Ha! I should have known that    (tee hee)

Its a rare one, I'm sure.
I was surprised to find that its in the Master Database, due to the fact that Chiltern Seeds do seed for it.
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilternseeds/211/moreinfo/pid/9368720

A strong growing shrub with 3 or 5-foliolate leaves and bearing in late spring conspicuous erect panicles, up to 5 ins. long and wide, of most attractive white flowers, each about 0.75 ins. across, with the strongly reflexed petal-like sepals surrounding the corona-like, erect pure white petals. These are followed by large, inflated capsules, each 4 ins. long. 8-12 ft.

How do you rate it Eric?

[Palustris]

Very nice looking shrub and it has survived last Winter. No scent that I can discern. Took a while to get going and needed cutting back to make it bush out. Not tried propagation.........yet. Would not say that it was spectacular like Exochorda The Bride, but worth a place.

[ideasguy]

Thanks for that Eric. Theres no review to comapre to one by someone who has actually grown the plant - and its independent and unbiased.