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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: doganjo on June 10, 2014, 08:51:28 pm

Title: My sister's new garden
Post by: doganjo on June 10, 2014, 08:51:28 pm
My brother in law says he hates gardening but he likes seeing the colour all year round in their new garden  :roflanim:

He doesn't know what this is (nor do I) - any ideas?
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: Louise Gaunt on June 10, 2014, 09:15:36 pm
It might be some type of white hydrangea?
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: bloomer on June 10, 2014, 09:16:46 pm
i was thinking hydrangea sargentinia sp? which i love but im not sure...
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: GetOutOfTheRatRace on June 10, 2014, 09:23:41 pm
or possibly Hydrangea Paniculata?????
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: doganjo on June 10, 2014, 09:42:45 pm
It's not the right kind of leaf.
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: doganjo on June 10, 2014, 09:45:56 pm
It doesn't have any purple bits either.
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: HesterF on June 11, 2014, 11:12:18 pm
I've got climbing hydrangeas that are looking stunning this year - and just like that! No idea of the latin name though. Mind you, you're right - the leaves look off, they look more like clematis leaves.
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: Somewhere_by_the_river on June 12, 2014, 10:43:54 am
Looks like a viburnum to me, there are a few with leaves like that, though I wouldn't like to swear as to which one...
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: Fleecewife on June 12, 2014, 11:01:57 am
Looks like a viburnum to me, there are a few with leaves like that, though I wouldn't like to swear as to which one...

That's the word - viburnum  :thumbsup:  I've been trying to get that since I first saw the pic  ::).  The only photo I can find of is V. plicatum 'pink beauty' which is a 'deciduous bushy shrub, dark green leaves become reddish-purple in autumn. Late spring and early summer bears white, later pink,  blooms, followed by red then black fruits'. Flower form is identical to your pics Doganjo.
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: doganjo on June 12, 2014, 05:52:55 pm
Thanks everyone, I've told Helen what it is.
Title: Re: My sister's new garden
Post by: Tanira2 on September 22, 2015, 10:42:30 pm
Bit late to the party but the leaves are viburnum :)