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! flowers ( photo / image / picture from skjaxon's Garden ) scale ( photo / image / picture from skjaxon's Garden ) leaves ( photo / image / picture from skjaxon's Garden ) foliage ( photo / image / picture from skjaxon's Garden )
Not sure either, but what a wonderful example of how to ask for identification, with flower, leaf, and scale.
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/3108/254 ... 68.jpg?v=0 Maybe someone else knows more about the berries.
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.
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!
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!
