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Seen this growing in a neighbors garden

jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
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Can anybody ID it?

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  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    Hello, James,
    It's Pittosporum, probably a variety called 'Silver Queen' A ver attractive evergreen shrub, but may suffer in cold winds and low temperatures.Loved by flower arrangers for the contrasting dark stems
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/46330/Pittosporum-tenuifolium-Silver-Queen-(f-v)/Details

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looks to me like it could be the deep red/mahogany stemmed cornus  - https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/89376/Cornus-alba-Elegantissima-(v)/Details

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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I would go with the pittosporum as it has black stems.
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  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Most of the leaves are off our cornus now.
    That is a nice looking shrub though.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I agree with Pittosporum
    I have a     Pittosporum in my garden that looks very similar.
    It's covered in small purple flowers in the spring too
    Here's one I grew earlier :smile:


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  • jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
    Very nice shrub, I'm going to get one ASAP!  Do they grow fast?
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Vote here for Pittosporum.

    They are supposed to be vulnerable to cold temps but mine have survived (in heavy, cold, clay soil) temps down to -15C - including last winter's Beast from the East. It did lose a few leaves but soon perked up when the weather turned.

    There are many different Pittosporums with different leaf colour / growth habit etc. I agree that one is probably Silver Queen which can grow to tree size. They don't mind being trimmed into a tidy shape & size but if you only have a small space to fill I'd consider one of the smaller varieties😊
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The one above got split by snow some years ago.
    I pruned 1 half back very hard one year, then the other half the following year.
    It looked a bit skinny and sorry for itself for a year or so but has come back quickly.
    The pic was from March 2017 it's filled out much more since then so will need a trim next year.
    Being evergreen it adds a bit of colour in the winter, and the new foliage in spring along with the little purple flowers is vibrant.

    Billericay - Essex

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    I have 5 different Pittosporum species/cultivars in my garden. Nice evergreen shrubs. The one pictured by the OP looks like my Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    edited November 2018
    Yes I would say 'Silver Queen' too...  It's hard to tell the difference between some but with 'SQ' the leaves are flatter without the crimping on the edges...so all the photos above look like 'SQ'...  on the very similar 'Collaig Silver' the leaves are a touch more elongated and slightly wavy... on 'variegatum' the wavy edging to the leaves is more marked, quite distinct..

    I've grown 2 of the 3 above...   another is 'Irene Patterson' but that's got heavily mottled almost ghostly leafage..  and a 5th, and the only one I have now,  is 'Elizabeth'.. this is very similar to the ones above, but the leaves are more wavy edged but the edging turns pink in the winter..  that's the difference..


    I found that they are all slightly tender, and if you get -12C or worse, they are liable to be either cut in half, or cut to the ground even...
    East Anglia, England
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