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Prunus? - identity
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| I'm trying to find out the name for a plant which is very common in
old Australian gardens and which I'm sure must also be well known in
the UK. Its a small shrub which suckers copiously and spread easily
in good conditions but seldom gets more than about waist high. It has
flowers like a prunus in either white but more commonly pink. Quite a
dull little plant except for a brief time in Spring.
It's the sort of plant that grew in Grannies gardens and the ancient
maiden Aunt always had one - very old fashioned so I don't think it
would have been a plant that has had much attention from the nursery
trade (and I've never seen it for sale) but would have been handed on
by digging up a sucker or three.
Anyone got any ideas?
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| Mike Lyle 2006-10-23, 9:25 am |
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Farm1 wrote:
> I'm trying to find out the name for a plant which is very common in
> old Australian gardens and which I'm sure must also be well known in
> the UK. Its a small shrub which suckers copiously and spread easily
> in good conditions but seldom gets more than about waist high. It has
> flowers like a prunus in either white but more commonly pink. Quite a
> dull little plant except for a brief time in Spring.
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> It's the sort of plant that grew in Grannies gardens and the ancient
> maiden Aunt always had one - very old fashioned so I don't think it
> would have been a plant that has had much attention from the nursery
> trade (and I've never seen it for sale) but would have been handed on
> by digging up a sucker or three.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
Any chance of a link to some photos?
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Mike.
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| Mike Lyle <mike_lyle_uk@yahoo.co.uk> writes
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>Farm1 wrote:
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>Any chance of a link to some photos?
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Any fruit on it?
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Kay
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| Basia Kulesz 2006-10-23, 5:25 pm |
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Użytkownik "Farm1" <please@askifyouwannaknow> napisał w wiadomości
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> I'm trying to find out the name for a plant which is very common in
> old Australian gardens and which I'm sure must also be well known in
> the UK. Its a small shrub which suckers copiously and spread easily
> in good conditions but seldom gets more than about waist high. It has
> flowers like a prunus in either white but more commonly pink. Quite a
> dull little plant except for a brief time in Spring.
Prunus tenella perhaps?
Regards, Barbara.
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| "K" <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> Mike Lyle <mike_lyle_uk@yahoo.co.uk> writes
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> Any fruit on it?
It never has any sort of fruit, just these soft fluffy wee flowers in
Spring. And it's not the Prunus tenella sugggested by Barbara (thanks
for that suggestion). And I don't have a web site to link to a pic
unfortunately.
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| Basia Kulesz 2006-10-24, 9:25 am |
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Użytkownik "Farm1" <please@askifyouwannaknow> napisał w wiadomości
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> "K" <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Quite a
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> handed on
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> It never has any sort of fruit, just these soft fluffy wee flowers in
> Spring. And it's not the Prunus tenella sugggested by Barbara (thanks
> for that suggestion). And I don't have a web site to link to a pic
> unfortunately.
Well, try Prunus glandulosa then Equally small, equally overrated as a
garden shrub IMO.
Regards, Barbara.
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| "Basia Kulesz" <bkulesz@interia.pl> wrote in message
> Użytkownik "Farm1" <please@askifyouwannaknow> napisał w wiadomości
And it's not the Prunus tenella sugggested by Barbara (thanks
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> Well, try Prunus glandulosa then Equally small, equally overrated
as a
> garden shrub IMO.
By George, you've done it :-)) Thank you so much for that help.
You're a genius given my rotten description :-)) Found this site and
it looks just like my dear little scruffy bush (which I have always
adored - it's tough and hardy and has flowered even thorugh the
drought :-)))
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/...shrubs/prunus_g
landulosa.html
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