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Shrub Identification
Singy
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Hi,
Could anyone assist in identifying this shrub please? For info this was in the corner of the small front garden directly next to footpath when i moved in and it had been cut back to ground.
The elderly neighbour thinks it does not flower although I am unsure on the reliability of this info.
Here are some pic of the shrub and close up of the leaves.
Andy
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I recognise this. Pity I can't remember what it's called
In the sticks near Peterborough
Doh
Any idea how i could identify it?
Some one else probably will know and I'll think about it. It's not something I grow but have seen it around.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Could it be a hibiscus?
http://classes.forestry.oregonstate.edu/for442/photo-gallery/plantid?page=11
What do you think about that one?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Do you mean Symphoricarpos albus?
It looks similar, but when i google it most pictures have white fruit on.
If it's been cut back it won't have flowered and fruited. I'm not convinced though.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I would feed it and water it and wait. If it is a hibiscus it will not flower until August/September.
I'm thinking Symphoricarpos too...
Doesn't look like a Symphoricarpos to me - leaves look wrong.
If you zoom right in on some areas of the photo, some of the tips of the new shoots look pink - I've been googling pink tipped shrubs etc, but haven't come up with anything yet - there's something in the back of my mind but I can't retrieve it and I've got to get ready for work ...............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.