Plant ID

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bendipa

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Plant ID
« on: February 06, 2015, 16:02 »
I discovered what appears to be a some sort of large evergreen herbaceous plant or possibly a shrub with long stems buried under a thicket of brambles and ivy. I took a photo showing what looks like dried up flowers at the end of a side shoot. Having cut all the main stems back I notice that near the crown the stems are 1cm thick and coloured mainly red but also flushed with yellow.

Any ideas please?
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2015, 10:18 »
It looks like a young shoot of Viburnum tinus.
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 10:57 »
Um - just been outside to look at mine which is in full flower and they are at the ends of the out-growing red stems rather than in the leaf axils. I'll have another loook at your pic and another think.
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 16:07 »
Thanks for the suggestions, but someone on another gardening forum has actually managed to id it correctly. It's an American plant called Leucothoe fontanesiana, which I would never have guessed as I hadn't heard of this plant before.
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2015, 10:35 »
I have heard of it but haven't grown it - glad it's sorted.


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