Thanks much everyone for responding, at least I know what it is now, and
what some alternatives are. That gave me a chance to research it on line for
starters and it may be the California variety I had. What's strange is many
of the sites I found said that most people don't like the scent, while a few
others called it desirable, and a few said either you love it or hate it.
Guess I'm one of the few who like it. The owner of the property where this
one grows is a friend of mine. Would I be able to cut a piece off his and
grow it? If so what part? Can I just pretty much stick it in the ground
where I want it? When I moved, the shrub was growing pretty much everywhere,
I don't think he'll mind me snipping some off. Thanks again.
"DannyKewl" wrote in message
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I just moved out of a house in Cleveland Ohio last month, I was renting,
and
the owner doesn't even know what this shrub is when asked. I have pictures
of it at http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/shrub/
The shrub has about two and a half inch leaves, and some clusters of tiny
"flowerettes", that started developing a fragrance in early June. The
flowers are white, but some have a tinge of pale yellow. My cheapie
digital
camera doesn't take the best true color pictures, so I tried to color
correct shrub.jpg (the first pic) in photoshop, but may be too green. The
other pics show the flowers picking up color casts, but again the flowers
are white, but some a little yellow. I did some Net research, and found
Amur
Honeysuckle to be close, but the flowers don't quite match up to my eye. I
looked in several stores where plants are sold, and didn't see any that
resembles this. If anyone does know this shrub, how long does it stay
fragrant? If not long, anything else similar that stays fragrant longer? I
just bought a house in Cleveland, and may want to plant this. Thanks much
in
advance.
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