I found something :Stranvaesia davidiana (Photinia davidiana) is an evergreen shrub whose close relative is a garden hybrid photinia red robin. It comes from China, Thailand and Vietnam and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glossy but emerge dark burgundy red in the spring. Before autumn some portion of older foliage inside the plant gains bright carmine red and orange colour. In the autumn the leaves at tips of the branches turn deep burgundy red again.The natural shape of Chinese photinia is rather prostrate with long, slightly arching branches. To maintain a dense shrub we recommend pruning it every year in mid spring. Grow it in full sun. It likes acidic, moist but well drained soil with high contents of organic matter. Mulching provides consistent moisture throughout the year and is necessary in colder areas. Watering is a must before and during winter unless the soil is frozen. Very hardy to min. -23°C, in protected areas to -27°C.
Hope, it can help you a little. Please reduce the pic-pixel to 1024x or 860x , it will be faster open in this forum, greetings, ThaiGer.
I think know this might to be a` red robin`, I have two in my garden, The leaves start to turn from green to finish a deep red colour then fall off. The stems are also deep red during winter and do have small white flowers appear in late summer. My soil has clay in also but I dig in some grit around the tree a couple of times a year . Hope it helps x
Sandra, "Red Robin" is a photinia and it has already been identified as a Photinia, but more likely to be "Pallete" which in the photos on Google has white patches on the leaves.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I am not altogether convinced that the shrub you show is Robinia despite the several confirmations. I suspect that it may be an Eleagnus. I think this as in one of your pics it shows the lower surface of the leaf to be very pale - almost white in colour and as far as I am aware the undersurface of Photinia leaves are darker. Variegated Eleagnus can revert to all green in colour if the green shoots are not pruned out as soon as they appear. I do hope that further research will assist you.
Happy New Year!
Liz
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I found something :Stranvaesia davidiana (Photinia davidiana) is an evergreen shrub whose close relative is a garden hybrid photinia red robin. It comes from China, Thailand and Vietnam and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glossy but emerge dark burgundy red in the spring. Before autumn some portion of older foliage inside the plant gains bright carmine red and orange colour. In the autumn the leaves at tips of the branches turn deep burgundy red again.The natural shape of Chinese photinia is rather prostrate with long, slightly arching branches. To maintain a dense shrub we recommend pruning it every year in mid spring. Grow it in full sun. It likes acidic, moist but well drained soil with high contents of organic matter. Mulching provides consistent moisture throughout the year and is necessary in colder areas. Watering is a must before and during winter unless the soil is frozen. Very hardy to min. -23°C, in protected areas to -27°C.
Hope, it can help you a little. Please reduce the pic-pixel to 1024x or 860x , it will be faster open in this forum, greetings, ThaiGer.
...but I have some qestions too: if you have time, please look at my album, the following names I don't no, maybe someone can help...
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1. "whatever" ?
2."ornamental grass"?
3."lily,a nice one"?Is it a lily?
4."unknown 30cm fruit"? No one Thai see this fruit before, many I ask, but nobody know them, but is growing on my land...
5.I think with the names of the "nepenthes unknown name" nobody can help me, or?
All plants are on my land long time before I bought it. Thank you verry much, ThaiGer.
Sorry ThaiGer, the grass looks like a cortaderia (pampas grasses) and the lily could be a crinum but otherwise, all new to me.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I think "whatever" is a yellow cosmos or "cosmos sulphuras" which comes from the south americas. I have grown it in France.
I agree with nutcutlet about the pampas grass.
I think it's Nepenthes Ampullaria, which is a sort of carnivorous pitcher plant.
I don't know the fruit, the leaves are a bit like citrus fruits, but I can't see the fruit clearly enough.
Great pictures ThaiGer
Hi GUYS
I think know this might to be a` red robin`, I have two in my garden, The leaves start to turn from green to finish a deep red colour then fall off. The stems are also deep red during winter and do have small white flowers appear in late summer. My soil has clay in also but I dig in some grit around the tree a couple of times a year . Hope it helps x
Sandra, "Red Robin" is a photinia and it has already been identified as a Photinia, but more likely to be "Pallete" which in the photos on Google has white patches on the leaves.
Hi Bookmonster
I am not altogether convinced that the shrub you show is Robinia despite the several confirmations. I suspect that it may be an Eleagnus. I think this as in one of your pics it shows the lower surface of the leaf to be very pale - almost white in colour and as far as I am aware the undersurface of Photinia leaves are darker. Variegated Eleagnus can revert to all green in colour if the green shoots are not pruned out as soon as they appear. I do hope that further research will assist you.
Happy New Year!
Liz
Sorry - I meant Photinia and not Robinia - my senior moment!