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Can anyone tell me what this is please, very pretty but can't identify

lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
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  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Could you post a close up of one of the flower groups and leaves?

    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25

    Hope that is clear enough :-)
  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    The leaves are not really leaver more like conifer type
  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    *leaves
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    ...does it stink?   I think it's Diosma ericoides 'Pink Fountain'...
    East Anglia, England
  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    I know this except I cannot remember its name. A frequent component of florists bouquets. I have a feeling it's from NZ. It's really bugging me. Hopefully, someone will be along with an ID. I think the photo is clear enough for anyone in the know.
  • CharlotteFCharlotteF Posts: 337
    It looks a bit like waxflower, which I think is the NZ shrub Rachel is talking about. I've looked for some for my cutting patch recently and not been able to find it anywhere so I sort of assumed it wasn't UK hardy. Is this in your garden @lovemygarden2?
  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    I think it is a type of diosma as well. Not sure if they stink as suggested above as I had one in the garden that I think has died but never noticed much of a smell from it.
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  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    Thank you all so much :-)
    Checked on Diosma, looking very much like it may be the one, it is in my friends garden and she is having an extension so I can take cuttings / plants etc 
    On the Isle of Wight next to the sea, salt, very windy,(wind being the biggest obstacle) but guessing if they grow for her should have a chance of being successful with anything I can move and take cuttings from (fingers crossed)
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    are the leaves soft or stiff like a conifer?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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