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Does anyone know what this is?
sara haywood
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I was given this little plant by the mother of a good friend of mine who informed me it was a Rhododendron, it was such a small plant I have paid little attention to it this year until now, it is starting to flower and all is not as it seems! Could anyone help me with a name for this pretty little thing? Many thanks Sara
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Might bea skimmia but I don't know them well enough to be certain
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks so much Nut and Verdun, I love bee magnets! I am off to read up on them! I do get over excited about these things
That's good. I can't grow them but some I used to garden for had skimmias. It looks as though it's got that yellow tinge that puts me off growing skimmias in my soil.
In the sticks near Peterborough
it is currently in a pot having been removed from my friends mother's garden when she sold her house. It is going to be lovingly transplanted this weekend, so hopefully it will perk up a little.
I have a south facing resonably sheltered small/medium garden in south London and manage to grow things my friends are unable, although no expert my soil seems pretty good and I compost almost everything I can and produce a wonderful earthy compost that gets mixed in to my well draining soil.
sounds good sara. Much too limey here
In the sticks near Peterborough
I've got that in my front garden. It has tiny white flowers and red berries for xmas.