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Solved Help identifying a few shrubs/bushes in garden

Discussion in 'Identification Area' started by torlaw, Jun 18, 2021.

  1. torlaw

    torlaw Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi there,

    Can anyone help me with what the attached plants are?

    We've inherited a lovely garden but there are a LOT of plants, trees and shrubs and I'm trying to work out what's what and how to care for them all.

    Many thanks in advance for your help!

    IMG_2136.JPG IMG_2130.JPG IMG_2011.JPG
     
  2. lolimac

    lolimac Total Gardener

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    Not sure about the first pic but the second is a Rose and the third pic looks like a Viburnum.
     
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    • Macraignil

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      Is the first one a spiraea billardii before the flowers fully open?

      I would have guessed a type of philadelphus for the second one. Are there thorns on the stems?

      Third one looks like a viburnum to me as well.
       
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        1. Agree...
        google.com/search?q="spiraea+x+billardii"&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwim68qR9qHxAhWs8IUKHaz-BccQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq="spiraea+x+billardii"&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDIECAAQHjIECAAQHjoECCMQJ1DbRFipZGDbeGgAcAB4AIABZogBxQGSAQMxLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=yvTMYKbeDazhlwSs_Ze4DA&bih=561&biw=1276&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785

        2. Leaves look like Philadelphus.

        3. I believe is Cornus...rather than Viburnum.
        May be Cornus alba sibirica.

        "cornus alba sibirica flowers" uk - Recherche Google CORNUS  ALBA  SIBIRICA   03-Aug-17 10-18-31 AM.JPG
         
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        • torlaw

          torlaw Apprentice Gardener

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          Thanks so much all for your ID skills!

          There aren't any thorns on the stems of the 2nd so I think you may be right that it is a philadelphus.

          Really appreciate your help with this :)
           
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            torlaw.
            3. OK . I am 99.999% sure it is Cornus.
            Please can you do the test for Cornus. See pics below.
            Pick a single leaf and very gently pull it apart across the middle.
            Cornus leaves have a sort of laxex in the veins which when leaf is in half will hold it together.
            You can now hold the stalk and leaf will stay together ..but apart. CORNUS  LEAF TEST 16-07-2008 11-21-07.JPG CORNUS  LEAF TEST 16-07-2008 11-21-47.JPG CORNUS  LEAF TEST 16-07-2008 11-22-44.JPG CORNUS  LEAF TEST 16-07-2008 11-25-30.JPG CORNUS  LEAF TEST 16-07-2008 11-26-40.JPG
             
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            • torlaw

              torlaw Apprentice Gardener

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              I've done the test on the leaf and you are right it does just what the pictures depict. So, I think you are right, it must be a Cornus!

              Thank you!
               
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                Second one is definitely Philadelphus :blue thumb:. I have a very large one looking in my office window at the moment :heehee:
                 
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                  I agree.
                  2. It is definitely not a rose.
                  Philadelphus coronaria leaves are very distinctive.
                  There are many named cultivars some of which have more than 4 petals.

                  PHILADELPHUS  CORONARIUS 17-06-2021 11-00-57.JPG PHILADELPHUS  CORONARIUS 17-06-2021 11-00-41.JPG
                   
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