I live in Fort Smith AR. We moved from Zone 5 to Zone 7 and I have had to learn a lot of new plants. I have tried to research and identify this tree online with no success. I have one large tree and one small one on my property but have not seen anywhere else around here. I don't know what shape it would normally get because it is growing with a lot of other tree's and shrubs. It is currently about 30 to 40 ft tall. Every spring it has a lot of light purple flowers that grow on the underside of the leaves. The leaves are large. They are bipinnately compound. They are alternate and are serrated or toothed. They remind me of a trumpet vine leaf. It is a fast grower and the young bark is a smooth grey. The older bark is slightly grey and brown. It is a little rough but not heavily ribbed. Standing back a bit it looks like shaky lines running up the tree. It is not tree of heaven. Any ideas?
http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Tn2iB3uu

Take a branch and a flower or two to a nursery and see if they can give you a name.

Very pretty little tree.

looks like a ficus
Lenise
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