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Old 04-07-2012, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by David56802 View Post
Can you help me identify the following tall shrubs? They seem to be pretty common, and usually found overhanging a wall.
The first one is a hydrangea of the lace-cap type, maybe H. petiolaris, as that is perhaps the most commonly grown.

The second one is an ornmental pear, maybe willow-leafed pear, Pyrus salicifolia or Pyrus nivalis, snow pear. The first is more pendulous, so for "hanging over a wall", perhaps that is more likely.