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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Pesky Wabbit on July 24, 2010, 01:13:23

Title: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: Pesky Wabbit on July 24, 2010, 01:13:23

Anybody know what this tree/standard is, please.

(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P7150055cd.jpg)

Its in flower now.
(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P7150055f.jpg)

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: goodlife on 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?

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: ACE on July 24, 2010, 08:26:57

Escallonia, would be my first choice.

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: laurieuk on 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.

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: jennym on 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?

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: laurieuk on 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

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: Pesky Wabbit on 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.

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: jennym on 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  :)

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: laurieuk on July 27, 2010, 13:34:44

Hi Pesky Rabbit,
This is another escalonnia how do the leaves and flowers compare with your shrub.?
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/109/1002844.jpg) (http://img810.imageshack.us/i/1002844.jpg/)

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Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: Pesky Wabbit on 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)

(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P7290013.jpg)

Title: Re: Tree/standard id please.
Post by: Tulipa on 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