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Old 03-06-2010, 01:35 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Stewart Robert Hinsley Stewart Robert Hinsley is offline
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Default Please help identify my shrub

In message , sue_marie
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Hello
A friend gave me various unnamed shrubs before she moved to Hong Kong.
I've identified all but one so I'm hoping you can help.
As I'm not allowed to post a photo here and don't have a website, I'll
describe it as best as I can...


You don't need a web site. Garden Banter allows you to include
photographs, which it will host for you. Or you could use a photo
hosting site such as Flikr or Webshots or Picasa or ...

It's about 3ft high, in a pot, and has several stems coming from the
earth. The leaves are bright green on both sides and approx 1-2cm
long.
The leaves are smooth and grow in clusters of three or more. It's been
trained up some wires in the pot, and the stems are easy to bend, no
thorns. In April and May, single white 'pearls' appeared directly on
the stems. These opened up into 2cm white multi-petalled flowers with
saffron coloured stamen. Neither the leaves nor flowers have any
perfume.


What does multi-petalled mean? 3? 4? 5? 6? Many? (It's not clear whether
you are referring to a semi-double flower, or to a flower with free,
rather than fused, petals.)

How many stamens?

I've searched on many websites, google-imaged it and asked various
people (including my HK friend) but no-one has been able to identify it
yet. I'd really like to know what it is so that I can care for it
properly. If you'd like to see some photos please let me know and I'll
email them to you.
Many thanks for taking the time to read this.


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Stewart Robert Hinsley