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Plant identification help!
helenwales84
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Hi, please could you help me identify this plant and also what's eating it or damaging the leaves please? It's recently had white flowers. Thanks very much
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Looks like sarcococca (sweet box) and the damage is a classic case of adult vine weevil unfortunately, Helen. I would invest in some vine weevil nematodes and water them in to that area.
It has the look of an evergreen Prunus.
Maybe one such as Prunus laurocerasus Otto Luyken.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Prunus+laurocerasus+Otto+Luyken&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI6KOXh4HUAhWLI8AKHTKjDtMQ_AUIBigB&biw=1536&bih=759
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/media/images/Prunus-laurocerasus-Otto-Luyken--Peter-Stevens-1--CC-BY.jpg
Sorry, but leaves and flowers are not right for Sarcococca.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sarcococca+flowers&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW3_2AiIHUAhVHIsAKHXgeCoUQ_AUIBigB&biw=1536&bih=759
Last edited: 21 May 2017 14:14:01
Thanks very much for the replies! I'll have a look at the links. Much appreciated
Add my vote to the prunus.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Bobs right about the vine weevil. Am wondering if the plant is a skimmia? But a prunus is more likely
Last edited: 21 May 2017 15:07:27