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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: MargaretB on February 28, 2020, 12:51:48 PM

Title: What is this shrub please?
Post by: MargaretB on February 28, 2020, 12:51:48 PM: Can anyone identify this shrub seen in August near Southwold in Suffolk please? Judging from the way it has been cut back it is rather vigorous, and it is also attractively fragrant. Thanks.
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: ashley on February 28, 2020, 01:03:55 PM: Clerodendron trichotorum I think.
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: brianw on February 28, 2020, 05:53:07 PM: Quote from: ashley on February 28, 2020, 01:03:55 PM
Clerodendron trichotorum I think.

Almost ;-) Clerodendrum trichotomum Grows easily from seed for me. Useful for late summer bloom, and scent from memory. My original plant was I think a rooted stick/cutting that a friend brought home from holiday. Last years drought wiped out the flowers and then no black berries of course.
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: Arum on February 28, 2020, 08:49:17 PM: Hello Margaret
This is my Clerodendrum trichotomum tree. It has put on a wonderful display of bloom & perfume this summer. A tiny seedling given to me, was not difficult to train as a standard - the end result well worth any trouble don't you think..
Regards Edna
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: Gail on February 28, 2020, 08:54:20 PM: Wow, Edna that is lovely.
I had one in Suffolk but they are usually grown as multistem shrubs over here - it is stunning as a standard, I wish I had the space!
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: Maggi Young on February 29, 2020, 10:25:17 AM: Quote from: Arum on February 28, 2020, 08:49:17 PM

This is my Clerodendrum trichotomum tree. It has put on a wonderful display of bloom & perfume this summer. A tiny seedling given to me, was not difficult to train as a standard - the end result well worth any trouble don't you think..
Regards Edna

Superb, Edna!
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: MargaretB on February 29, 2020, 12:44:38 PM: Many thanks everyone for the information. Well done with training yours Edna, it is absolutely glorious. I'm just off out to the garden to find a suitable site.
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: brianw on February 29, 2020, 02:03:08 PM: Mine is a multi-stemmed shrub in probably too dry a position. As one of the suggested propagation methods is root cuttings I suspect it may sucker when really happy. But still a delightful late flowering small tree in a local garden; with scent, and blue berries later.
Title: Re: What is this shrub please?
Post by: Arum on February 29, 2020, 09:18:26 PM: Thank you all. Margaret my tree is growing in dry shade & I have another doing just as well, in the same kind of conditions but different area. They do produce an abundance of black seed capsules that seed around. The birds love them and in early autumn make quite a mess to clean up. Good luck with yours.
Regards Edna