Hey, it's mid-winter and I've got nothing to play with. All my trees are frozen in the back yard. So, I was at the market picking up something for din-din and I noticed the worker there was cleaning up the old Christmas stuff. She was going to throw these two plants out, and I asked if I could have them.
For free, they are great little plants for me to fool around with. They have nice taper anyway.
But, what are they? My wife thinks they are a type of boxwood. I thought they might be some kind of herb, but when I crush a leaf, I get no scent at all.
So, what's your best guess?
[img]https://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae50/marsman61/Bonsai/DSC_0036.jpg[/img]
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They were throwing these away! (Eugenia)
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could it be rhododendron
https://www.dendroimage.de/3928.htm
possibly mountain laurel (kalmia)
https://www.poison.org/prevent/documents/plantImages/mtlaurel.jpg
anyway some kind of broadleaf evergreen
(pieris japonica, daphne, camellia, oleander, none of them looked exactly right, but something in this range)
https://www.dendroimage.de/3928.htm
possibly mountain laurel (kalmia)
https://www.poison.org/prevent/documents/plantImages/mtlaurel.jpg
anyway some kind of broadleaf evergreen
(pieris japonica, daphne, camellia, oleander, none of them looked exactly right, but something in this range)
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Rainbowgardener - have you not seen Japanese Holly? Oval leaves with no points at all. I just have a feeling that this is some type of Holly.rainbowgardener wrote:holly usually always has jagged leaves with points, like these:
[img]https://community.adn.com/sites/community.adn.com/files/images/HollyHistory_0.preview.JPG[/img]
but agree with you, that it is a nice looking shrub
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I. verticillata, I. rotundifolia, I. pedunculosa, I. coriacea, I. cassine, I. purpurea, many of the I. cornuta cultivars... can't tell hollies from pointy leaves, RBG...
That said I don't think it is a holly either. My first guess is [url=https://www.plantoftheweek.org/week125.shtml]Myrtis communis[/url] or common myrtle, a fairly common topiary plant. My second guess is [url=https://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/Eugenia.htm]Eugenia myrtifolia[/url], the closely related Australian brush cherry (the name means looks like myrtle). One or the other...
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That said I don't think it is a holly either. My first guess is [url=https://www.plantoftheweek.org/week125.shtml]Myrtis communis[/url] or common myrtle, a fairly common topiary plant. My second guess is [url=https://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/Eugenia.htm]Eugenia myrtifolia[/url], the closely related Australian brush cherry (the name means looks like myrtle). One or the other...
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Here's what I'm talking about, Vic...
[url=https://genzor.net/osc/images/Eugenia%20myrtifolia.jpg]E. myrtifolia[/url]
See how pointed the leaf is?
[url=https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=431987]E. paniculata[/url]
See how much fuller the leaf is?
But it's a big genus, could be others as well...
Looks suspiciously like this [url=https://www.fourbsnursery.com/Globulus_1.htm]E. globulus compacta topes[/url] too. A LOT like actually... same sort of density, same dark color. And this guy is in the tope biz, as well. Betcha this is our real culprit...
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[url=https://genzor.net/osc/images/Eugenia%20myrtifolia.jpg]E. myrtifolia[/url]
See how pointed the leaf is?
[url=https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=431987]E. paniculata[/url]
See how much fuller the leaf is?
But it's a big genus, could be others as well...
Looks suspiciously like this [url=https://www.fourbsnursery.com/Globulus_1.htm]E. globulus compacta topes[/url] too. A LOT like actually... same sort of density, same dark color. And this guy is in the tope biz, as well. Betcha this is our real culprit...
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I'm having second thoughts here. Check this page:Marsman wrote:I think we have it folks.
Eugenia Syzygium Paniculatum, or Brush Cherry [url]https://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/eugenia.html[/url]
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Syzygium_paniculatum.htm
Looks like your plant but they say it's tropical. You had yours outside didn't you?
Okay, this one says it's hardy to 25°F for short durations:
https://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=1527
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Ohhhhh.................................now your teasing!!!!!!!!Marsman wrote:Here they are, in all their glory. One on left is not showing its best side.
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djlen is soooooooooooooooooooo jealous!!!!!!!!!!