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Please can you identify this tree/shrub. Many thanks.

denisejoynesdenisejoynes Posts: 3
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It's quite tall -- 15-20 ft high and evergreen. It has small berry-like growths that have been there since late last year. They've now turned pink. And there are buds as shown in the image. Azalea?

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  • NollieNollie Posts: 6,748
    I have one of these too and often wondered what it was! It’s evergeen with quite sturdy leaves. The nearest I could find was Euonymus Europeaus, or spindle tree as that has pink berries that split to reveal orange, but not really sure. The berries have a distinctive quartered form, like four seeds bursting out. If it is that, the berries are poisonous. 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • denisejoynesdenisejoynes Posts: 3
    Yes, mine has pink berries that split to reveal orange. Thanks for the reply. I'll look up your suggestion.
  • denisejoynesdenisejoynes Posts: 3
    Yep, I think you're right. :) Thanks. I've been trying to identify this shrub for weeks.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,976
    almost. Euonymus europaeus is deciduous and rather different in leaf. Probably Euonymus japonicus


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • NollieNollie Posts: 6,748
    That’s the one, should have noticed it was deciduous 😊. Thanks Nut!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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