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Rescue Corner

Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
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I bought a very sick tree 2 years ago from my local GC. Just a thin stick with a few leaves at the top. I repotted it and then almost forgot about it for 12 months. I planted it at the far end of my garden in my wilderness area because the label said it could grow to 30ft.
Yesterday I decided to check on it to see if it had survived the extreme winter and summer we have had. No care or watering. 
I was staggered to find it has grown three clumps of leaves, all looking healthy, unfortunately, the label has gone missing. It is supposed to have scented white flowers and is evergreen. I know when I saw it I thought at £5.00 it was a bargain and I am banking on it not growing to its maximum height because the ground is very stony.
I am wracking my brain to remember what it is, no success yet.
I am delighted it has survived and hopefully will continue to grow thrive and live a long and happy life.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    might it be eucryphia ?
    Devon.
  • BlueBuzzBlueBuzz Posts: 9
    I have a weakness for the rescue corner in the garden centre and supermarket on occasions if the plants look salvageable. My best purchase  was a tiny Olive tree costing just 99p, it’s growing beautifully now. Hope your tree continues to grow well and you can identify what it is. 
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Clematis armandii?
    We also rescue plants and purchased for 50p an Indian bean tree, Magnolia grandiflora for £1 (and how magnificent it is now), 2 outdoor grape vines for £1 (and producing great grapes) and so many more. It is very rewarding when they do grow and grow so well.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited September 2022
    I bought a red oak seedling, ca 30cm high, unbranched.  40 years later after a gale it's stem started to split (excuse me, but "narrow crotch" in the trade).  
    It cost me £700 to chop it down. And that was cheap, I disposed of all the debris over many weeks.
    It has jeft me with a number of self-sown plants and a reshooting stump.  I doubt if I will be encouraging these.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Magnolia grandiflora?

    A photo would help...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Thanks for the suggestions. Definitely not a magnolia. Must check up on Euchryphia. Definitely not Clematis Armandii. I keep thinking Freemontia but those flowers are yellow and my bargain has white flowers because it had one flower on it last year.
    Sorry, a pic would be no help, just a thin stick with some small leaves which could be almost anything. Anyway, I do not own a phone or camera at the moment.
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