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Anyone know what this plant is?

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  • 02-07-2012 10:32pm
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    Broche07
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭


    We bought this a few years ago and are now looking to get another one. We went to Plantagen and they couldn't identify it (they gave it a very decent stab at it though) So rather than wandering through garden centres for the next couple of months I'd rather get the name and then call the garden centre ahead of time.

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Thanks
    Barry


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    Sgt Pepper 64
    Registered Users Posts: 9,627 ✭✭✭Sgt Pepper 64


    Broche07 wrote: »
    We bought this a few years ago and are now looking to get another one. We went to Plantagen and they couldn't identify it (they gave it a very decent stab at it though) So rather than wandering through garden centres for the next couple of months I'd rather get the name and then call the garden centre ahead of time.

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Thanks
    Barry

    Hmmm tricky

    Could be a variety of Choisya, maybe goldfingers? But the red stems are tricky.
    Could even be a variety of splurge (euphorbia)

    If you break a stem, is it sticky? (Wear gloves when you do break a piece)


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Looks like the Mountain Pepper (eg Drymis lanceolata 'Red Spice') which is a real beauty and a Gardener's plant.


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    LaChatteGitane
    Registered Users Posts: 790 ✭✭✭LaChatteGitane


    Pieris japonica.


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    Oldtree
    Registered Users Posts: 8,104 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    both right it's a hybrid... :D


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    looksee
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    I think Sonnenblumen has it right http://tinyurl.com/cb7pjkw


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    shrubs
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭shrubs


    A variety of Drimys (maybe aromatica or lanceolata).


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    quercus
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭quercus


    yeah it's a drimys, its an acid lover so check your soil type before you plant.


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    Broche07
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭Broche07


    Thanks everyone. Now I just need to go and find it!


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