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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was
a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden.... |
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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
"Pete L" wrote in message oups.com... Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden.... Strawberry bush? Euonymus, if so. |
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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
On Oct 23, 11:35 am, Pete L wrote:
Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden.... I don't know either, but I say one along our walking path in our partially cleared woods. They are Bright Fuschia pods aren't they? and the seeds are definitely Neon orange!! Ours is a scraggly bush, but maybe with transplanting it could become an attractive shrub. I will be looking it up on Google today. Will let you know what I find. Nan |
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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
Pete L wrote:
Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden.... Your luck of getting an ID on it without a picture seems slim. See if you can get a pic and post a link to it, or ask for an ID on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens with it attached as a post. |
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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
Nanzi expounded:
On Oct 23, 11:35 am, Pete L wrote: Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden.... I don't know either, but I say one along our walking path in our partially cleared woods. They are Bright Fuschia pods aren't they? and the seeds are definitely Neon orange!! Ours is a scraggly bush, but maybe with transplanting it could become an attractive shrub. I will be looking it up on Google today. Will let you know what I find. Nan I wonder if this is a form of Euonymus? Eastern Burningbush, Euonymus astropurpurens. -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
Ann expounded:
I wonder if this is a form of Euonymus? Eastern Burningbush, Euonymus astropurpurens. Sorry to respond twice, but I misspelled the name. Does this look like the tree? Euonymus atropurpureus : http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioima...cies/euat3.htm -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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Small tree - ideas what it is please?
On 24 Oct, 18:08, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from "D. Staples" contains these words: "Pete L" wrote in message roups.com... Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden.... Strawberry bush? Euonymus, if so. No, fruits too small for strawberry bush. It's spindle tree.Euonymus europaeus, heres a pic http://www.beautifulbotany.com/STOCK...0europaeus.jpg Janet Thanks everybody. The pic Janet sent is exactly what it is. Next move now is to plant these seeds and see what happens! |
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