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  • 06-01-2019 3:17pm
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    BuboBubo
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    This shrub, growing in Gorey - outside the shopping centre. It smells absolutely amazing. I've attached photos below. Appreciate any help with this as I absolutely must get one!


    Apologies for the poor quality of the photos, it was dark when I took them on my phone.


    Thanks for reading. :)


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Mahonia.


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    Day Lewin
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    Also known as Oregon Grape.
    So nice to have a scented flower in mid-winter! I've got one in the back garden and it really cheers up my clothes-line experience at this time of year.
    I always put a few flowers in a vase in the hall, to welcome visitors.
    There are various cultivated types and some are quite small. (Some are leggy giants)
    They say the fruit is edible but I've never tried.


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    tvjunki
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    I know a church in Clare is decorated by the locals around Christmas and it smells lovely. The thorns are harsh.


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    New Home
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    If you're looking for a biiiig shrub with no thorns and a scent out of this world, look for wintersweet. It's very, very hardy, too.


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    BuboBubo
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    Thanks everyone for your replies. Definitely getting one now! The smell is just amazing!


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    my3cents
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    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Thanks everyone for your replies. Definitely getting one now! The smell is just amazing!

    Just don't get an "Oregon Grape" that's the common landscapers one Mahonia aquifolium.

    What you want is Mahonia x media 'Charity' or Mahonia Japonica, there are plenty of others to choose from its just that Mahonia aquifolium is the poorest one of the bunch - flower racemes are much shorter.


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    RebelButtMunch
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    My neighbour has something like this, and when I trim the side over my fence its the most prickliest bush in the world to be picking up.


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