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ID of shrub, please
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| We're trying to ID a shrub we saw in a garden down here yesterday. It's
small tree height and has several 'trunks' with a roughish grey bark. The
leaves are mid-green, oval and not at all leathery or tough looking. The
flowers are like one half of a long brush, white, bell shaped (as far as I
could see) and are carried upright on the stems, not hanging down as one
might expect. Anyone know what this might be?
This post is for uk.rec.gardening, not Garden Banter.
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-27, 1:25 pm |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> We're trying to ID a shrub we saw in a garden down here yesterday. It's
> small tree height and has several 'trunks' with a roughish grey bark. The
> leaves are mid-green, oval and not at all leathery or tough looking. The
> flowers are like one half of a long brush, white, bell shaped (as far as I
> could see) and are carried upright on the stems, not hanging down as one
> might expect. Anyone know what this might be?
> Sacha
Photo?
Mike
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-27, 1:25 pm |
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> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Photo?
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> Mike
Correction as this is not a Binary newsgroup.
Reference to a photo?
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| Bob Hobden 2007-04-27, 8:25 pm |
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"Sacha" wrote
> We're trying to ID a shrub we saw in a garden down here yesterday. It's
> small tree height and has several 'trunks' with a roughish grey bark. The
> leaves are mid-green, oval and not at all leathery or tough looking. The
> flowers are like one half of a long brush, white, bell shaped (as far as I
> could see) and are carried upright on the stems, not hanging down as one
> might expect. Anyone know what this might be?
> This post is for uk.rec.gardening, not Garden Banter.
I doubt it's correct so try Osmanthus x burkwoodii or is a White form of the
Beauty Bush more like it? :-)
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Bob H
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| On 27/4/07 23:55, in article 59fdbuF2ju9jdU1@mid.individual.net, "Bob
Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote:
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> "Sacha" wrote
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> I doubt it's correct so try Osmanthus x burkwoodii or is a White form of the
> Beauty Bush more like it? :-)
Neither of those, I'm afraid, Bob. I'll try to do some more hunting through
the books tomorrow. The leaves are too 'fine' for an Osmanthus, or at
least, any that I know. They're roughly - roughly - the consistency of a
young beech leaf in terms of thickness and colour etc.
I have a terrible feeling that when I do find it everyone is going to groan
and say "well for heaven's sake, of *course*......" ;-)
Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts.
Join uk.rec.gardening instead.
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South Devon
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