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Shrub help - is this normal at this time of the year?

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,070
    edited April 2022
    Here's a site with a picture that shows a leaf reasonably clearly - did yours ever look like this?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,271
    Corokia frosted chocolate is a possible
    Looking forward to my new garden with clay soil here in South Notts.

    Gardening is so exciting I wet my plants. 
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 988
    edited April 2022
    @Borderline and @GardenerSuze
    correct. I just compared the leaves online and it is a Corokia Frosted Chocolate. 
    Wow, somebody must have changed the labels and the blind one didn’t see it. 
    It has to come out as it spreads 2,5 meter wide and high. 

    Thanks to everyone who contributed to this question.  👍

    I ♥ my garden.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,070
    Is the garden centre local to you? If it is, it might be worth showing them your pictures and the label, see if they can give you a refund or some credit against something more suitable. The worst they can do is say no.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,271
    It can be grown as a hedge so you can cut it back. See if you can find a home for it. I grow C cotoneaster and I love it. I prefer it to caryopteris personally. 
    Looking forward to my new garden with clay soil here in South Notts.

    Gardening is so exciting I wet my plants. 
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 988
    @JennyJ this was the NT shop at Stourhead. Completely clueless what shrubs concerns I believed what was written on the label and it was green when I bought it. 
    @GardenerSuze I just took it out and planted next to the ugly fence. It will not have much space to the front and back but gas got 3 meter space to the left and right side. 
    It looks weird and I think this was the reason why I had to ask here in the forum. 

    I can’t thank you all enough for this help. You saved my bed. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,070
    Simone_in_Wiltshire said:
    @JennyJ this was the NT shop at Stourhead. Completely clueless what shrubs concerns I believed what was written on the label and it was green when I bought it. ...
    They still have a responsibility not to sell wrongly-labelled things. Maybe mention it to them if you go back (I think Stourhead's in Wiltshire like you isn't it? Not my neck of the woods though so I could be wrong).



    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 988
    @Songbird-1 yes I’ve got another Caryopteris- a real one 😂 - and the leaves look like in your picture. 👍
    my Caryopteris just starts to get leaves again. 
    @JennyJ Yes it’s around 90 min from us in the South West of Wiltshire. Next time I check with the internet before I buy again a shrub. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,070
    Well, I hope you find someone who can give it a home, and something else more suitable to fill your space.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,353
    Just to go back to your photos, I don't think the other one is a Philadelphus either. That emerging foliage doesn't look right. See what others think though. 
    Perhaps wait a little while to see how it looks, and it'll be easier to ID.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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