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Please help !! Wat is this plant??

laney johnlaney john Posts: 13
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hi  can you help me i am trying to find out what this plant is thanks laney

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet PeterboroughPosts: 26,856

    Is it white rather than the hint of pink in the pic laney? The leaves look like philadelphus. Is it scented? Any small detail you can provide helps with ID

  • laney johnlaney john Posts: 13

    Sorry, I have only had a garden that i can do anything in for 2yrs..   Its like a tree, with long bendy branches.  flowers r white and scented..the perfume not too strong though. thanks. xx

     

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    Could you take a picture a bit further back so we can see the form?

     

  • laney johnlaney john Posts: 13

    yeah,  taking one now, upload in a min. x

     

  • laney johnlaney john Posts: 13

    here you go its quite big

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet PeterboroughPosts: 26,856

    i reckon that's a philadelphus

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    Me too and needs a good prune lol

  • laney johnlaney john Posts: 13

    lol yeah i know i am trying ting to train it a little 

    once its flowered i am going to chop it right back down 

    thanks for your help x

  • laney johnlaney john Posts: 13

    Has this particular shrub a specific way of pruning??  or should i just hack it right down???It needs bringing under control without killing it cos its lovely.. image x

  • DebGDebG Posts: 6

    Don’t make my ill informed mistake before I knew what a spade was all about! I pruned at completely the wrong time and had no flowers at all the following year. Last year however, once it had finished flowering I pruned aprox one third of the old stems right to ground level. It’s now looking full, lush and with what looks like a million flowers (which are just bursting out today).

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