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Berberis, mahonia or something else?

B3B3 Posts: 24,432
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Self seeded. Will transplant  if it turns out  to be a goody
Thanks in advance 
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,155
    Something else - but I know not what  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,432
    Intriguingly illuminating 💡 @Fairygirl😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TackTack Posts: 1,150
    A Holly, would be my guess

    Central southern England
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,155
    edited September 2020
     Are you really saying  'in other words, you don't know?' :D 

    It does look vaguely familiar, but nothing's happening in the upstairs area of my head....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,432
    No. It's not holly @Tack. I have plenty of holly seedlings to compare😕
    Try bending over. A rush of blood upstairs might help @Fairygirl
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,155
    I wonder if it's one of the jaggy Osmanthus? There's a few varieties that are a bit holly like. I only have burkwoodii, which isn't.

    It could be Mahonia of some kind, but something doesn't look quite right for that. I never get seedlings - the birds scoff all the berries too quickly.

    I was only just in and showered, that's my defence.... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,432
    The downy stem looks sort of familiar. 
    Just googled osmanthus. I hope it's one of them.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,133
    Oleria? Spelling!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,155
    I wondered that too @Joyce Goldenlily -they're quite similar to Osmanthus. Not something I've ever grown. I'd need to look them up.

    Olearia I think.... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,133
    It may not be coming true to form if it is a wild seedling.
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