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)
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?
Escallonia, would be my first choice.
Yes I would go along with Ace and say escallonia, both the flowers and leaves appear to be too small for a rhodo.
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?
There are so many different escallonia that it is only a quess but it looks as if it could be escalonnia edinensis.
Laurie
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.
It looks so lovely and looks to be a good size too, would be interesting to see a clearer pic of leaves and flowers :)
Hi Pesky Rabbit,
This is another escalonnia how do the leaves and flowers compare with your shrub.?
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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)
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