oooh! Hoheria. One for me to look up. It doesn't ring a bell with me. Oleander is a shrub, my stick is a tree that will ultimately grow to 30ft. Unfortunately, I have recently had a massive declutter and my RHS Dictionary of Plants was one of my books sent to the charity shop. Sod's Law! Get rid of something and sure as eggs, you will need it soon after.
Sorry, I do not have a camera or mobile phone. The leaves of the Hoheria are too elongated and the flower petals are too pointed so I have to cross that one off the list. We will get there eventually.
"The flowers are white, single, about the size of a periwinkle, scented, and like an oversized buttercup type. The leaves are leathery, dark green, and ovoid"
Sorry, I do not have a camera or mobile phone. The leaves of the Hoheria are too elongated and the flower petals are too pointed so I have to cross that one off the list. We will get there eventually.
Do the leaves stay on all winter? What time of year does it flower? How many petals dose it have? Does it have seed pods, fruits, berries, dry capsules? Is it tall like a tree or more bushy like a shrub? Eucryphia?
I am now beginning to think my mystery plant is a Eucryphia. I am going to check on the leaves later. I cannot remember when mine flowered but the clusters of leaves, texture, etc., look similar. It holds its leaves all year round and they grow in clusters rather than spread along the length of the stems. The single flower produced last year had 5 petals, was slightly cup-shaped, the petals were rounded at the tips and I remember the cluster of prominent stamens. Does Eucryphia have any perfume? My plant is a single stick and will grow into a tree rather than a shrub., supposedly about 30ft I think. I am going to have a hunt in the undergrowth to see if the label is lurking somewhere. That would answer all of my questions! I called in the GC yesterday where I rescued it from but no luck. There was nothing remotely like it, I had to walk, very quickly, past the rescue corner, there were lots of plants looking sad.
Not a mega bargain, but the others were reduced to £6, this one was £3 on the B&Q dead trolley. Clematis Warszawska Nike. It was in a smaller pot and the compost was all dried out so have repotted and it had a decent amount of roots. Pretty sure the leaf colouring is just stress/drought/age. I didn't want a class 2 clematis and I daresay this one will get mildew and pink flowers instead of purple but somehow I bought it anyway.
Eucryphia. I have checked my box of labels with no luck. I have also searched around where I have planted my "stick". Again, no luck. I have looked at the leaves and discovered the fully mature leaves are very dark green and they grow in clusters of 3 or 4 leaves, surrounding the new growing tip, with a slightly wavy edge. They look somewhat leathery with a matt surface underneath, no down or meal. There is a side shoot near the ground and another one about halfway up the stick with a tuft of new growth, there are mature leaves on the tip of the stick with a very healthy new growing tip. Having done some Googling I think I may have a plant of Eucryphia x intermedia Rostevear Xera. When it has a flower it will give me an excuse to visit Caerhayes garden in Pentewan, if they are open, and Burncoose Nursery in Falmouth, both not too far from me, to confirm or otherwise. Fortunately, where I have planted it meets the general requirements for Eucryphia and a few of the descriptions say it has scented flowers. I suspect the scent is not very strong for it not to be the main description. I will have to start saving up now if I am going to Burncoose, was taken there for my 80th birthday treat to choose a plant as my family present. I chose a Lemon Verbena. Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for what it might be.
Clematis. I bought a casualty last year which does not climb. It grows like a bush. Lavender, double flowers. I try to learn the leaf shape, growth pattern, etc. of plants because often I buy an "invalid" on the strength of recognizing the leaf shape, colour, growth pattern, etc., and often find bargains that others ignore because the plant is not in flower.
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Unfortunately, I have recently had a massive declutter and my RHS Dictionary of Plants was one of my books sent to the charity shop. Sod's Law!
Get rid of something and sure as eggs, you will need it soon after.
Even a leaf would help.
The leaves of the Hoheria are too elongated and the flower petals are too pointed so I have to cross that one off the list.
We will get there eventually.
What time of year does it flower?
How many petals dose it have?
Does it have seed pods, fruits, berries, dry capsules?
Is it tall like a tree or more bushy like a shrub?
Eucryphia?
The single flower produced last year had 5 petals, was slightly cup-shaped, the petals were rounded at the tips and I remember the cluster of prominent stamens. Does Eucryphia have any perfume?
My plant is a single stick and will grow into a tree rather than a shrub., supposedly about 30ft I think. I am going to have a hunt in the undergrowth to see if the label is lurking somewhere. That would answer all of my questions!
I called in the GC yesterday where I rescued it from but no luck. There was nothing remotely like it, I had to walk, very quickly, past the rescue corner, there were lots of plants looking sad.
I have checked my box of labels with no luck. I have also searched around where I have planted my "stick". Again, no luck.
I have looked at the leaves and discovered the fully mature leaves are very dark green and they grow in clusters of 3 or 4 leaves, surrounding the new growing tip, with a slightly wavy edge. They look somewhat leathery with a matt surface underneath, no down or meal. There is a side shoot near the ground and another one about halfway up the stick with a tuft of new growth, there are mature leaves on the tip of the stick with a very healthy new growing tip.
Having done some Googling I think I may have a plant of Eucryphia x intermedia Rostevear Xera.
When it has a flower it will give me an excuse to visit Caerhayes garden in Pentewan, if they are open, and Burncoose Nursery in Falmouth, both not too far from me, to confirm or otherwise.
Fortunately, where I have planted it meets the general requirements for Eucryphia and a few of the descriptions say it has scented flowers. I suspect the scent is not very strong for it not to be the main description.
I will have to start saving up now if I am going to Burncoose, was taken there for my 80th birthday treat to choose a plant as my family present. I chose a Lemon Verbena.
Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for what it might be.
Clematis.
I bought a casualty last year which does not climb. It grows like a bush. Lavender, double flowers.
I try to learn the leaf shape, growth pattern, etc. of plants because often I buy an "invalid" on the strength of recognizing the leaf shape, colour, growth pattern, etc., and often find bargains that others ignore because the plant is not in flower.