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Shrub ID

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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In my daughter's  garden
Is it a viburnum  or some kind of jasmine. Covered in butterflies  and bees.

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    escallonia Iveyi?
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thank you @Hostafan1.  She's not a gardener, but I live in hopes.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    B3 said:
    Thank you @Hostafan1.  She's not a gardener, but I live in hopes.
    I didn't say I was right.
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited July 2023
    It certainly looks escallonoiod @Hostafan1. I had told her to sniff it but no reply as yet 😊 Doesn't it peeve you a bit when someone with no particular interest in gardening ends up with better plants than you  but maybe that's just me.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Anther vote for E. Iveyi.
    A dear friend gave me a cutting years ago and it grew fairly easily. The scent was lovely.
    But after a couple of years it kept getting a kind of black fungal leaf spot that Escallonias can get that causes them to drop their leaves.
    I tried really hard to care for it. But it was a bit of a loss and looked dreadful.

    Hope your daughters does better, maybe you could get a cutting or two to try.
    It looks pretty healthy and dark green.
    Peeved here too LOL....

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mine didn't survive winter here which was a shame as it's so much nicer than the pink ones.  I couldn't smell any scent on it though. 

    Hopefully, it'll do well for your daughter @B3.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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