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Plant ID Please
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Hoping someone can identify this plant for me as I have no idea where to start.
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That's an azalea I believe. I have a couple - Edna Bee and Buccaneer. In saying that I'm a 101 gardener so hope I'm not too wide of the mark.
..not an Azalea...I think it's Gaultheria procumbens...
I'm not convinced its an Azalea either but Gaultheria procumbens is looking better but can't find one that matches this one using google images just yet.
looks promising on the RHS website. It is in a garden where the soil is on the acid side of neutral and if right its already full size at 15cm tall.
I'll wait till it flowers and it matches then a good feed of ericaceous fertiliser asap.
to me , it looks too upright for gaultheria. " procumbent" means growing along the ground , hence "procumbens"
"to me , it looks too upright for gaultheria. " procumbent" means growing along the ground , hence "procumbens""
this is what I'm struggling with too, otherwise its a close match.
If this plant is getting towards full size at 15 to 20cm and it likes an acid soil I'm thinking of lifting it and putting it in a pot instead. At the mo it's swamped by much bigger shrubs etc.
Could it be Pieris Little Heath Green?
oh now Judith. Methinks you've got it.
Thank you Judith. Me thinks you've got it too.
Certainly does match many a google image for Pieris Japonica "Little Heath Green"
Interesting though in that if I google "Pieris Japonica" I get a totally different plant than if I google "Little Heath Green" and yet the two are the same on the RHS website.