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Old 18-02-2011, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by miriamaid View Post
can anyone tell me what this plant is called. its in flower now, a shrub/small tree? clusters of pink and white small bell like flowers which hang down a bit from opening ball clusters. these are on leafless upright branches. it looks a bit like a japanese cherry.
i live in surrey uk
Are they scented? Viburnum bodnantense is very much in evidence at the moment.

Otoh, if it looks really cherry like, it could be a winter flowering cherry, Prunus subhirtella autumnalis. But that doesn't have the upright growth of the Viburnum, it's very much a small tree rather than a shrub.
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