skjaxon
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:48 am Post subject: 5 petaled flowering plant looks like mock orange.... |
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My husband and I just moved into an old house where the yard has been neglected for many many years. I am brand new to gardening and have very little knowledge right now! There is a shrub (I think; the trunk is covered by weeds we haven't gotten to yet) in the back with 5 petaled white flowers with a yellow center (stamens?). The flowers look similar to mock orange but I'm having trouble identifying it.... any ideas? I'd be very grateful!
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FlowerFreak22
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:50 am Post subject: |
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Its not a Mock Orange  , but the flower does look very familiar.
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skjaxon
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:59 am Post subject: |
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I didn't think it was; I am having such trouble finding out what it is though!
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Palustris
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 7:28 am Post subject: |
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Not sure either, but what a wonderful example of how to ask for identification, with flower, leaf, and scale.
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skjaxon
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like a wild rose to me, which one I do not know.
But upon further searching it could also be a thornless berry of some type.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2545301475_f4151a5e68.jpg?v=0
Maybe someone else knows more about the berries.
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glendann
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Wild roses has horrible thorns.Does your plant have them?
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Palustris
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Eucryphia springs to mind, but which one?
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skjaxon
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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I thought it resembled a wild rose also but there are no thorns.
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Palustris
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Eucryphia is in the rose family,so you would expect the flowers to look like roses. But, I stand by my id. 'cos we would love to have one, but they will not survive in this garden.
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skjaxon
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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I agree; it looks most like eucryphia.... the only thing is that from everything I've been able to find, eucryphia only grows in zones 8 and 9 (I'm in zone 5) and it says bloom time is usually late summer to fall but what I have bloomed a couple of weeks ago. I'm mystified!
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Palustris
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Still looking. Wonder if it is one of the American, Stewartia?
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skjaxon
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm, maybe! Although if I remember right, I think the bark for stewartia is very flaky and this doesn't seem to have that; I think I need to look into that possibility more in depth though! Thank you so much for continuing to help me figure this out! I really appreciate it! 
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