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Paul AndersonPaul Anderson Posts: 260
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 I came across this shrub today and cannot think for the life of me what it is called so I thought I would ask the experts ????

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  • Paul AndersonPaul Anderson Posts: 260

    I am hoping someone will know

  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,901

    THE PICTURE IS A BIT BLURRED BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A RATHER UNHAPPY KALMIA.

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • Paul AndersonPaul Anderson Posts: 260

    I have just found it. Its a daphne odora maejima

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,158

    It's a Euonymus fortuneii cultivar. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,158

    they don't look like daphne stems or leaves to me. They look like euonymus, though I might be wrong with the fortuneii, could be a E. japonicus

    Maejima has its variegation at the edge as does aureomarginata, this has it as a splurge down the middle

    An in focus look at one of the berries would tell for sure but they look like spindle berries to me



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Could it be one of the azaleas ?

    I have a varigated one, it's never flowered and looks about that size?

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601

    I agree, it's euonymous, it even has a couple of berries in that striking pink. Daphne shouldn't be in flower yet and I haven't seen any with variegation like that, either. It looks like it needs some TLC.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,158

    Do you think fortuneii or japonicus, Posy?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601

    My knowledge doesn't go that far, Nut!

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,158

    image Nor mine it seems



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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