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Came across this ground covering shrub but need help identifying it. x2 photos
Paul Anderson
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Alkaline or acid soil Paul?
Was it spreading by throwing up new stems or just spreading out?
Any evidence of seeds/berries
In the sticks near Peterborough
Sorry Paul I can't help with ID but I'm posting so I'll get a notification if somebody comes up with a name
It looks more like a low growing shrub to me and he sort of thing that might go in a corner of my woodland bed so I'd be interested to learn more about it.
the leaves are ab bit like mahonia |(oregon grape) but that grows taller
Wow Mike - I'd never remember a name like that, not sure I can even pronounce it properly without practice either, but it sounds the sort of thing the NT would plant.
looks like a cross between a camellia and a beech, but I doubt it somehow
Having been gardening for some 50+yrs now I'm quite good with most 'garden plant' names, but often when I go walking with my dog in the woods and meadows there's so much vegetation I have't a clue about. Not that I need to I suppose....
Mostly they look right growing in their right woodland environment and don't suit the typical garden. Don't think I've got a place in my garden for a patch of whatever Paul has in the photo but be interesting if someone knows what it is
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/179125/#
Have a look at Gaultheria shallon.
In the sticks near Peterborough
well done nut
A member of the ericacious group so a liking of acidic soil i guess
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.