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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
The last of the legacy mysteries in my garden, is this shrub, or bush,
whichever is the correct term. It was quite big, but the Council chap who chainsawed the berberis behind it to shreds also laid into this bush, so it's only just growing back. None of my dubious artistic skills this time, I discovered that my sister has the ability to take "photographs" using a small device called a "telephone" which she carries around with her and which can also be used to speak to persons beyond earshot. Remarkable! Whatever next, a carriage without horses?! Here it is- http://img99.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub2.jpg/ And here's a closeup of the foliage- http://img52.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub.jpg/ I'll be most grateful if anyone can identify it! Ian |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
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Ian B wrote: Here it is- http://img99.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub2.jpg/ And here's a closeup of the foliage- http://img52.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub.jpg/ I'll be most grateful if anyone can identify it! Without flowers, I doubt if anyone can. It could be a buddleia, though most of them have furrier leaves, but there are a zillion other shrubs with opposite leaves of that shape, and hollow stems isn't rare, either. If it's a buddleia, it will probably flower in the summer, or next spring if not. It will not suffer from the chainsaw massacre. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
"Ian B" wrote ... The last of the legacy mysteries in my garden, is this shrub, or bush, whichever is the correct term. It was quite big, but the Council chap who chainsawed the berberis behind it to shreds also laid into this bush, so it's only just growing back. None of my dubious artistic skills this time, I discovered that my sister has the ability to take "photographs" using a small device called a "telephone" which she carries around with her and which can also be used to speak to persons beyond earshot. Remarkable! Whatever next, a carriage without horses?! Here it is- http://img99.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub2.jpg/ And here's a closeup of the foliage- http://img52.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub.jpg/ I'll be most grateful if anyone can identify it! I think it might be a Leycesteria (Himalayan Honeysuckle) Google is your friend ) -- Regards........P-f |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
On 29/04/2010 10:41, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-04-29 09:19:03 +0100, "Parrotfish" said: "Ian B" wrote ... The last of the legacy mysteries in my garden, is this shrub, or bush, whichever is the correct term. It was quite big, but the Council chap who chainsawed the berberis behind it to shreds also laid into this bush, so it's only just growing back. None of my dubious artistic skills this time, I discovered that my sister has the ability to take "photographs" using a small device called a "telephone" which she carries around with her and which can also be used to speak to persons beyond earshot. Remarkable! Whatever next, a carriage without horses?! Here it is- http://img99.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub2.jpg/ And here's a closeup of the foliage- http://img52.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub.jpg/ I'll be most grateful if anyone can identify it! I think it might be a Leycesteria (Himalayan Honeysuckle) Google is your friend ) Could be but hard to tell without any flowers. I'm guessing at Weigela or Deutzia, something of that sort but I agree that it's hard to tell until it flowers. Woody stems and green leaf shaped leaves, hmmmm! ;-) I'm with Sacha on this one, but would include Philadelphus (Mock Orange) as well. Flowers would help a lot, but this year's flowering growth may well have been chainsawed out of existence :~(. If you do see one or two flowers, ask your sister to 'telephone' them, then post again and we'll all have another go. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
In message , Sacha
writes On 2010-04-29 09:19:03 +0100, "Parrotfish" said: "Ian B" wrote ... The last of the legacy mysteries in my garden, is this shrub, or bush, whichever is the correct term. It was quite big, but the Council chap who chainsawed the berberis behind it to shreds also laid into this bush, so it's only just growing back. None of my dubious artistic skills this time, I discovered that my sister has the ability to take "photographs" using a small device called a "telephone" which she carries around with her and which can also be used to speak to persons beyond earshot. Remarkable! Whatever next, a carriage without horses?! Here it is- http://img99.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub2.jpg/ And here's a closeup of the foliage- http://img52.imageshack.us/i/iansshrub.jpg/ I'll be most grateful if anyone can identify it! I think it might be a Leycesteria (Himalayan Honeysuckle) Google is your friend ) Could be but hard to tell without any flowers. I'm guessing at Weigela or Deutzia, something of that sort but I agree that it's hard to tell until it flowers. Woody stems and green leaf shaped leaves, hmmmm! ;-) Hollow stems however would cut down the alternatives by a fair degree. We could also note the opposite, but not distichous, foliage, and the venation pattern. I think that this eliminates Leycesteria formosa (Pheasantberry), which has the secondary veins making a greater angle with the midrib, an elongated tip, and distichous foliage. The swept forwards veins are reminiscent of Cornus alba/sanguinea/sericea, but the habit doesn't seem a match. Both Weigela (florida), and especially Deutzia (scabra), seem plausible. Google tells me that Deutzia has hollow stems. The Flora of China describes the leaves of Deutzia crenata (apparently the same as Deutzia scabra) as "Petiole 3–8 mm; leaf blade abaxially green, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5–8 × 1–3 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely 10–15-rayed stellate hairy, indumentum discontinuous, hairs along veins usually with central rays, adaxially sparsely 4- or 5-rayed stellate hairy, veins in 3–5 pairs, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin serrulate and slightly revolute, apex acuminate or abruptly so." The draft Flora of North America treatment says "petiole 1–3 mm, sparsely to densely stellate-pubescent; blade ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 30–80 × 15–50 mm, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margins crenate-denticulate, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface light green, densely stellate-pubescent (trichomes 10–20-rayed), adaxial dark green, stellate-pubescent (trichomes 4–6-rayed)." -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
"Sacha" wrote Could be but hard to tell without any flowers. I'm guessing at Weigela or Deutzia, something of that sort but I agree that it's hard to tell until it flowers. Woody stems and green leaf shaped leaves, hmmmm! ;-) I'm with you, my first reaction was Deutzia. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
On 29 Apr, 13:56, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Sacha" *wrote Could be but hard to tell without any flowers. * I'm guessing at Weigela or Deutzia, something of that sort but I agree that it's hard to tell until it flowers. *Woody stems and green leaf shaped leaves, hmmmm! *;-) I'm with you, my first reaction was Deutzia. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK * |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
On 29 Apr, 13:56, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Sacha" *wrote Could be but hard to tell without any flowers. * I'm guessing at Weigela or Deutzia, something of that sort but I agree that it's hard to tell until it flowers. *Woody stems and green leaf shaped leaves, hmmmm! *;-) I'm with you, my first reaction was Deutzia. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK * My first reaction was Deutzia as well David Hill |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
Dave Hill wrote:
On 29 Apr, 13:56, "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Could be but hard to tell without any flowers. I'm guessing at Weigela or Deutzia, something of that sort but I agree that it's hard to tell until it flowers. Woody stems and green leaf shaped leaves, hmmmm! ;-) I'm with you, my first reaction was Deutzia. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK My first reaction was Deutzia as well David Hill After googleing, Deutzia looks quite likely to me too, but bear in mind I haven't a clue what I'm on about. The flowers ring a bell, or rather, the flowers on the other suggestions don't ring bells IYSWIM. I didn't pay it much attention at the time as it was just a big thicket of berberis, mystery plant and brambles and stuff, but I think this ID is likely. Ian |
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Another Mystery Plant (Shrub) ID Please?
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writes If it's a buddleia, it will probably flower in the summer, or next spring if not. It will not suffer from the chainsaw massacre. Could it be a Deutzia? As you say, you might need to wait for the flowers to arrive first! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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