Red berries for you to identify.

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  1. roders

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    Friday fun..........
    Can you identify these three shrubs currently showing red berries in my garden at the moment?


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  2. Victoria

    Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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    1. Pernyetta/Gaultheria (but I don't think this is right because I think I got this wrong last year)
    2. Aucuba variegata
    3. Skimmia
     
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    First one looks like Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) and the second one is Spotted laurel (Aucuba japonica) it's probably the female cultivar 'Crotonifolia' But I'm afraid I don't Know the 3rd
     
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    Awwwwww Victória beat me to it...
     
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    First one, Ruscus aculeatus, Butchers Broom. Well done Aesculus.:gnthb:
     
  6. roders

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    :) Good stuff...........all correct,I think this kind of exersize does the old brain good,just to refresh our memories...........well mine anyway.

    Butchers Broom....... Ruscus Aculeatus.

    Aucuba japonica.

    Skimmea japonica.
     
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