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Another what is it?

bouicca21
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edited 8 October 2015 at 12:24PM in Gardening
This was being strangled by weeds. Since I removed them, it has virtually doubled in size. What is it?


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  • wrightk
    wrightk Posts: 975 Forumite
    it looks like a Prunus laurocerasus although the flowers aren't right for that shrub.

    Either that or an Impatiens sodenii?

    Hopefully someone will clarify
    Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day, and for once I'm inclined to believe Withnail is right. We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.
  • REEN
    REEN Posts: 547 Forumite
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    Choisya ternata?
  • bouicca21
    bouicca21 Posts: 6,720 Forumite
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    I did wonder about choisya but I thought those flowers have 5 petals and this definitely has 6.
  • lardlikesdogs
    lardlikesdogs Posts: 269 Forumite
    Reen wrote: »
    Choisya ternata?

    This was my first thought as well.
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  • theoretica
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    bouicca21 wrote: »
    I did wonder about choisya but I thought those flowers have 5 petals and this definitely has 6.

    Does it smell?
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
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  • bouicca21
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    I don't think so, but curiouser and curiouser, some of the branches do have flowers with only 5 petals.
  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    bouicca21 wrote: »
    I don't think so, but curiouser and curiouser, some of the branches do have flowers with only 5 petals.

    From Wiki, re Choisia -

    " The flowers are star-shaped, 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) diameter, with 4-7 white petals,"
  • Mojisola
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    theoretica wrote: »
    Does it smell?
    bouicca21 wrote: »
    I don't think so

    Another vote for Choisya ternata.

    The leaves don't smell unless you crush them - try it and see if it smells something like basil.
  • theoretica
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    Mojisola wrote: »
    Another vote for Choisya ternata.

    The leaves don't smell unless you crush them - try it and see if it smells something like basil.

    But the flowers are scented.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
  • Oddjob
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    Another vote for Choisya Tenata
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