Saw this in a beautiful garden in Hampshire, but the owner is not sure what it is. Lovely rose-like flowers but not a rose-like plant. It is a shrub that has got very tall - at least 12 feet.
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Eucryphia nymanensis.
I think Eucrypia as well the leaves look wrong for Philadelphus,
Eucryphia nymanensis isn't a shrub I know, probably because it needs acid soil, but it looks absolutely gorgeous
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3336150/How-to-grow-Eucryphia.html
I shall certainly keep my eyes open for it in gardens on acid soil at this time of year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's it LG I thought it looked rose like too, the site I googled it on never mentioned acid soil just moist , glad I asked before buying one , soil test kit I think
They do not like strong cold winds either. We would love to be able to grow them, but they do not like our frost pocket and windy garden.
Agree with Patsy, not heard of it before, but will see if it suits my garden. It would be a good replacement for a recently removed aged rose. Can I prune it to keep it to a certain height/width?
Oh my goodness - I've just been given one for Christmas!
I don't know what soil I've got, I don't know where to put it, oh gosh. I hope I can keep it alive - it is the *most* exquisite plant.
I'd also like to know about the possibility of keeping it pruned back a bit.
Eucryphia x nymanensis is definitely a tree, at least 25 ft high. It is a hybrid and one of its parents is Eucryphia glutinosa. This plant is deciduous unlike Nymanensis, hardier and important, more of a shrub, with flowers the equal of Nymanenis. Like its offspring it must have acid soil.