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Autumn she Falls

buddyandmorsebuddyandmorse Posts: 129
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Dear Members.

Two Autumnal mysteries for you.

The first images are of a plant in my garden, each Autumn it has pinky white berries, I always thought it was a pink snowberry, but the leaves are different to a snowberry's large leaves, instead they are tiny and run symmetrically down its thin branches.  Love to know its name?




The first leaf images is of a Virginia Creeper I assume! in my garden, the third image is of leaves on a nearby house which seems to have wider leaves than mine, is it an older Virginia Creeper or a different plant?




Any tips greatfully received.

: )



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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited October 2022
    The first one looks like a cotoneaster but the photo isn't clear enough.
    The other plant is a Boston Ivy. Similar in that it's also a parthenocissus, but tricuspidata rather than quinquefolia, which is Virginia creeper. Three and five - describing the leaf shape.

    Here's a link which will give you some info  :)
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/12350/parthenocissus-tricuspidata/details
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I wondered if the first one might be a shrubby lonicera? L. nitida, or L. pileata, but pictures and descriptions of the berries of those suggest bluish-purple, not pink.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yes -they don't have red berries. Black usually- the ones I've had have always had black ones. 
    Looking at the foliage again, the leaves are opposite, so not cotoneaster. They have alternate leaves.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Does the berried shrub lose its leaves in winter @buddyandmorse?

  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    If evergreen, Gaultheria perhaps? 

    Luxembourg
  • buddyandmorsebuddyandmorse Posts: 129
    Fairygirl said:
    The first one looks like a cotoneaster but the photo isn't clear enough.
    The other plant is a Boston Ivy. Similar in that it's also a parthenocissus, but tricuspidata rather than quinquefolia, which is Virginia creeper. Three and five - describing the leaf shape.

    Here's a link which will give you some info  :)
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/12350/parthenocissus-tricuspidata/details
    Dear Member.

    Thank you for the Info, mystery solved a Boston Ivy and theres me telling everyone it is a Virginia Creeper, thank you for the link to RHS I shall study there.

    Just got in from the garden I will load latest images taken today in a minute.

    : )



  • buddyandmorsebuddyandmorse Posts: 129


  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    edited October 2022
    Your latest photos look more like snowberry @buddyandmorse.

    Does it lose its leaves in winter?
    Pink berries and the habit suggest symphoricarpus chenaultii 'Hancock'.
  • buddyandmorsebuddyandmorse Posts: 129
    Woodgreen said:
    Does the berried shrub lose its leaves in winter @buddyandmorse?


    Dear Member.

    It loses some but not all, the berries start out pink then turn to pinky white.

    : )
  • buddyandmorsebuddyandmorse Posts: 129
    Woodgreen said:
    I wondered if the first one might be a shrubby lonicera? L. nitida, or L. pileata, but pictures and descriptions of the berries of those suggest bluish-purple, not pink.

    Dear Member.

    Thank you for your comment.

    I do have a shrubby lonicera that can grow into a very thick hedge and the shiney bluey berries are amazing.

    : )


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