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Inherited shrub

joannekentsmithjoannekentsmith Posts: 42
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Happy new year felliw gardeners. We have recently moved home and found this shrub on a pot.  Please can anyone help identify what tgis is? Should it be in a pot or the ground? Abd do we need to treat the spot on the leaves with anything? 
Thank for your help

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I can see a label … is it legible?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    Looks like a Photinia that is showing normal winter leaf spotting. They grow quite tall but can be cut back and are perhaps better/easier in the ground.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    It does look like a Photinia, distinctive by those leaf spots which are very common on the ones growing in my area. They seem to be quite fussy, and I no longer grow them as they don’t enjoy sandy soil. There are lots of more attractive shrubs to grow in a container or in the ground. Yes, you can tell, I’d replace it with something else😊.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Leaf spot is becoming a real problem with Photinias. I won't grow them anymore either, other than one that was already planted in front garden when we moved here.  Just checked it out leaves are clear which has suprised me.
     Always thought the winter leaf spot was to do with winter wet and although rainfall has been excessive if leaf spot is still occuring in a naturally more free draining soil than mine it does make you wonder about growing them.
    The problem is there are other evergreen shrubs that also have leaf spot in cold wet winter conditions. A dilemma.

    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's why they always look terrible here over winter. Too wet and cold for too long. The only ones which look half decent are ones grown against house walls or similar, where the drainage is good enough, and it's a bit warmer. Even then, they still get leaf spot.
    They need warm conditions - both above ground and below, but still with adequate moisture. 
    Pots aren't brilliant for them either - they need a fair bit of attention to keep them happy, due to that combination of ideal conditions they require. It would certainly be easier in the ground  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    If you want to keep it, it would almost certainly be happier in the ground, whatever it is. It looks as if it might have been in the pot for a long time.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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