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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: ChrisB on March 30, 2009, 01:10:09 PM

Title: Mystery shrub
Post by: ChrisB on March 30, 2009, 01:10:09 PM: Hi, I took a photo of this shrub last week, it has an 'open' habit, not a tight bush at all, and was flowering on bare stems. Height about 4ft. Does anyone have its name please?
Title: Re: Mystery shrub
Post by: Maggi Young on March 30, 2009, 01:42:31 PM: Hello, Christine.... the shrub is a Corylopsis of some sort..... there are quite a few species shown in the Forum... try a search to see if you can find a "fit" !!
Title: Re: Mystery shrub
Post by: ChrisB on March 30, 2009, 06:50:31 PM: Wow, thanks Maggi. it looked just wonderful when I saw it. Now I have the name I can check the owner's plant list and find it. What a great place this is!
Title: Re: Mystery shrub
Post by: Onion on March 30, 2009, 09:15:34 PM: Chris,
the higher Corylopsis are C. spicata, C. glabrescens, C. griffithii and C. willmottiae. Have you a picture of the hole shrub?
Title: Re: Mystery shrub
Post by: ChrisB on March 30, 2009, 09:22:18 PM: Sorry, Uli, I don't, and its not in my own garden. Next time I go to Molly's I'll take a photo of the shrub but it will, by then, have foliage on it too I expect. Sure did look pretty!
Title: Re: Mystery shrub
Post by: Carlo on March 30, 2009, 10:01:42 PM: Take a look at Corylopsis pauciflora. While it's not possible to say with certainty from the picture we have, I'd say it's pretty bloomin' close....
Title: Re: Mystery shrub
Post by: ChrisB on March 31, 2009, 12:30:35 PM: the garden belonged to a botanist, and he collected many interesting plants in his lifetime. Trevor's ambition was to grow one of everything..... I'll take a closer look at this lovely shrub next I'm there, but I think it will be May. Thanks very much for all your help, folks.