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Thank you so much for your response. I checked some other websites, and sadly I'm back to square one. My mystery flora is definitely not the American Strawberry Bush, possibly a relative though. However, from my reading, thanks to your link, it appears that whatever it is, it's not a tree and may not grow much bigger/wider. What's interesting is the separate smaller "bushes" that grew from it about 10 months after I planted it. Any other ideas? Thanks again.
Sounds like possibly stress or damage to the plant when it was moved may have caused
it to produce suckers, which may be why it's not growing as well as you'd like.
No, you shouldn't keep it. I've never seen a tree/shrub that was dug up in the woods do well in a suburban lawn. They don't transplant well and are much more susceptible to disease than nursery stock. Buck up the 20 to 40 bucks and buy a little tree.
BTW, although it's hard to tell from your pics, I think it's a (sad) Carolina cherry laurel. Does it get little dark fruit?
Also, it's illegal to dig up dogwoods in Virginia and North Carolina - don't know about SC, but good thing it wasn't a dogwood.
Well here's some photos of the Carolina Cheery Laurel. Let's see if these help since he actually can make the on hand comparisons. The only thing here is that the lef colour is deeper dark green and the flowers appear much different than in his picture.
Actually that flower pattern looks closer to what was in his picture. But I was also thinking of a type of Mock/Osage Orange. The only problem there is that the fruit is a medium sized round ball almost the size of a golf ball and appearance like that of a sycamore.
Actually that flower pattern looks closer to what was in his picture. But I was also thinking of a type of Mock/Osage Orange. The only problem there is that the fruit is a medium sized round ball almost the size of a golf ball and appearance like that of a sycamore.
You have two different species there with a common name.
Yeah I know, but those pics of his are hard for me to really get a good feel for them. I was just hoping it could be something close. Mostly I just could'nt tell the flower shape and if it had berries or not. Just a bit of a blur for my eyes.
I think you have a shrub rather than a tree. Most shrubs have more than one stem after the first year or so.
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Originally Posted by DubbleT
Sounds like possibly stress or damage to the plant when it was moved may have caused
it to produce suckers, which may be why it's not growing as well as you'd like.
Forgot to say....I think it's a privet shrub. Scientific name is Ligustrum. I don't have time to find you more photos, but maybe someone else can. The long shiney leaves are why I think it's a privet. With proper pruning (and more than 1 plant) they make nice hedges.
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