ID help

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Jul 10, 2006 8:31 am

I am not even sure if this is where this goes but I am assuming this is a bush or tree...

This was here when we moved in.. Anyone know what it is?

Thanks!
Amber

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Jul 10, 2006 4:11 pm

That's a bush or a tree all right. Good guess!

As to genus species, I'm stumped. It doesn't register right away as something too special. It didn't bloom this spring? (my first thought—probably wrong wrong wrong—was a baby lilac)

David

Nathalie23 · Post by **Nathalie23** » Jul 10, 2006 9:29 pm

Lilac was my first tought too... Also, maybe hydrangea???

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » Jul 10, 2006 9:34 pm

Can't tell for sure from those photos, but I suspect it's some kind of Dogwood.

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Jul 11, 2006 8:35 am

Thanks for your guesses guys!

No it didn't bloom at all this year. Did you see that patch its in? When I first moved in, the girl who was here before us planted that, and she planted it in the front of that patch with three azaleas behind it. It looked so silly! She had no idea how to scape! So I dug it up and moved it to the rear of the patch and took out her dead azalea. The other two I brought back nicely... but whatever that is.. it was not happy about me moving it and all the leaves dropped off.

I too thought hydrangea at first, but my Father in law was here and I asked him and he said he has never seen a leaf like that. He said hes pretty sure it is not hydrangea. (and hes had a ton of them)

Dogwood would be cool! I love those! Well... I guess I am going to have to wait to find out what it is huh?

lol
Amber

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Jul 13, 2006 11:31 am

I was thinking lilac too, but then you might not see flowers on it till it's a little bigger either if it is. Other thing I've heard, is that it takes some lilacs 7 years to produce and some never do. That's why I tag the suckers that do bloom so next spring or this fall, I know who to move.

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Aug 05, 2006 6:45 am

Well this bloomed! I still

what it is tho.

Thanks!
Amber

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Aug 06, 2006 7:49 am

Abelia? Are the flowers fragrant?

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Aug 06, 2006 8:06 am

I didn't notice any fragrance, but I didn't "smell" them either. I was pretty close tho as those are macro shots. Those blooms are pretty much gone now.. but if I get more I'll see if I can smell em

Thanks for your guess!
Amber

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Aug 08, 2006 6:53 am

Man this thing just cant get ID'ed! It is fragrant, but I had to lean right down to it to smell it. So no one knows huh? My father in law and aunt dont know either and they know their plants lol.

I searched and my hubby searched online yesterday but .. we just cant find it!

Amber

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Aug 08, 2006 7:04 am

I know I've seen it before, but sorry, no help here either

Very pretty though!

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Aug 08, 2006 3:58 pm

wishiwere wrote:I know I've seen it before, but sorry, no help here either Very pretty though!

ARGH! lol.. The more people tell me they dont know what it is.. the more I want to know dang it! lol

Amber

Den · Post by **Den** » Aug 08, 2006 4:15 pm

Idesia polycarpa ??? How about a Pterostyrax species ??

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Aug 08, 2006 7:53 pm

And that would be in french maybe?

Hate those tongue twisters! Is there a more common name to those?

Den · Post by **Den** » Aug 08, 2006 9:22 pm

The flowers look more like what a clerodendron species would produce ....

Den · Post by **Den** » Aug 08, 2006 9:26 pm

Yes , I believe it is Clerodendron trichotomum .... AND that is my final answer

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Aug 08, 2006 9:32 pm

Den wrote:Yes , I believe it is Clerodendron trichotomum .... AND that is my final answer

lol ... that is it!! Common name.. Japanese Peanut Butter bush lol!

Thanks for all the replies!!

Link for anyone interested:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/64874/

Amber

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Aug 08, 2006 10:25 pm

WTG Den!

WHat a weird name for such a pretty plant!

Glad Den figured it out for you!

petal*pusher · Post by **petal*pusher** » Aug 15, 2006 9:08 am

Just noticed that you posted a picture of the blossoms....beautiful shrub! I love the blush of pink on the calyx!.....p