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Pesky Wabbit
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Where's my(palm oil free)KRAFT choclit Easter Egg?
Tree/standard id please.
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July 24, 2010, 01:13:23 »
Anybody know what this tree/standard is, please.
Its in flower now.
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goodlife
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July 24, 2010, 07:55:41 »
Umm...that looks like a rhododenron that is trained as a standard..there is quite a lot late flowering hybrids now available..shame about the close up photo not being quite clear..are the leaves very shiny and quite hard..?...is the new growth sticky?
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ACE
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Re: Tree/standard id please.
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July 24, 2010, 08:26:57 »
Escallonia, would be my first choice.
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laurieuk
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July 24, 2010, 09:05:57 »
Yes I would go along with Ace and say escallonia, both the flowers and leaves appear to be too small for a rhodo.
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jennym
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Essex/Suffolk border
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July 25, 2010, 00:15:33 »
Ace/laurieuk, what sort of escallonia is it please? I've only ever seen the one called Apple Blossom, which doesn't look like that at all, with smaller leaves. I quite like the look of the photo. When was it taken Pesky Wabbit?
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laurieuk
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July 25, 2010, 07:23:36 »
There are so many different escallonia that it is only a quess but it looks as if it could be escalonnia edinensis.
Laurie
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Pesky Wabbit
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Where's my(palm oil free)KRAFT choclit Easter Egg?
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July 26, 2010, 14:06:58 »
Quote from: jennym on July 25, 2010, 00:15:33
When was it taken Pesky Wabbit?
15 July. Unfortunately, dark clouds were looming when I took the pic. and they're not too clear.
I shall try and take a better close-up this week.
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jennym
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July 26, 2010, 23:48:39 »
It looks so lovely and looks to be a good size too, would be interesting to see a clearer pic of leaves and flowers :)
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laurieuk
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July 27, 2010, 13:34:44 »
Hi Pesky Rabbit,
This is another escalonnia how do the leaves and flowers compare with your shrub.?
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Pesky Wabbit
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Where's my(palm oil free)KRAFT choclit Easter Egg?
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August 01, 2010, 23:42:20 »
The leaves/ flowers don't compare very well.
My leaves are generally in fives, sometime fours with the last set being much a lighter green than the rest.
The sets on leaves have a short inter nodal distance, ie about 1 inch
The flowers (now fading) are tube like. Each flower cluster being of upto 8 tubes and appear at the end of a branch (bit like a Rhododendron)
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Tulipa
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August 02, 2010, 09:23:16 »
The flower is like an Abelia flower too but looking on google images I couldn't see one that looked quite close enough but have run out of time now, I will keep it in mind though. Good luck
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