On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:24:31 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
FrankB wrote:

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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Ran across this pretty winter blooming shrub in a Paris park:

http://tinyurl.com/p3owkc2

Can anyone name it? TIA!

Garrya elliptica?

Precisely. And probably "James Roof" at that.



That seems like it's surely it, thanks all!

Apparently James Roof is hardy to -9-ish, and the location was quite
sheltered.


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Gardening in Lower Normandy