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Pamela F
Pamela F Hinesville, GA on May 20, 2012
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Could You Please Help Me Identify This Shrub?

This has small tear drop type leaves and grows pretty pink flowers that turns brown and fall off.

A few years ago, I began a garden partly due to boredom and the other because I loved looking at the gardens in Savannah, Ga. Anyhow, I just planted all types of flowers and shrubs and didn't document them so I never knew what was growing in my gardens when asked. Now, I take pictures of them and document their names. This is the final one in my garden that doesn't have a name. Could you please help me identify it? Thank you:-D

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  • Jodi S Waldport, OR
    I'm telling you, it's an Escallonia. I am positive of it!!!!!!
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 0
  • The Blooming Gardener San Jose, CA
    It is NOT an Escallonia even though the leaves look like it...the FLOWERS do NOT bloom on Escallonia the way this plant in the pictures do. (The drivethrough Starbucks has a hedge of dozens of Escallonias in bloom right now latitude 37, and if you saw them with this these pictures, you would have to agree this is NOT an Escallonia) I do love Escallonia, but it is not one.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 1
  • Carol M Gig Harbor, WA
    I think it is a azalea. We have lots of different kinds , colors and shapes here in the Northwest.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 2
  • Sonia K Creston, NC
    my first instict was an azalea also .. I think when it blooms and you look close you will be able to tell between escallonia andd azalea
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 1
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    I think so too:-)
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 0
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    I read that escallonia grows to 6-8 feet. It's been 3 years and it hasn't grown any taller. It must be a dwarf of a kind.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 0
  • Alice E Clovis, CA
    just fyi my indian hawthorne bloom pink-type in indian hawthorne on search and you can see all the different varieties and they have some that look just like yours-stem and all.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 1
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    WOW...I'm on my way to the Lowes Nursery where I purchased it from.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 0
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    I'm back...its in fact an Azalea Coral of the small variety. They actually had more so I bought 2 more! Thanks EVERYONE!
    • Azalea Coral Bells
    • The leaves are very, very similar...just that I plucked a fatter one but there are some of the exact same size on each.
    • Look closely, I do believe that they are the same.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 2
  • Teresa F Anderson, SC
    The Gumpo Azalea is a slow grower; and they will do really well when you plant them to mix in some BLACK COW Manure in with the soil at planting time. Lowes sells this in bags; I use it with everything I plant and have very good results with it.
    on May 21, 2012 · Like 1
  • Debi M Washington, NC
    glad that is settled! I have Formosa Azaleas. When we moved here 8 years ago they were probably 6 ft tall and "raggedy" looling. They had not been trimmed or shaped, just left to grow wild. A friend came over and shaped them, now they are about 4 ft high, rounded and very full. I was told that they are acid loving plants, so we piled pinestraw around them and they love it.
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 1
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    They look amazing...can't wait for mine to grow in that manner. I added cedar mulch but we cut down plenty of pine trees from our back and frontyards...I hope that our soil is just right for them to grow.
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 1
  • Sonia K Creston, NC
    yeah ! always happy when something gets figured out ... enjoy them
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 2
  • Jodi S Waldport, OR
    http://www.google.com/imgres?q=dwarf+escallo...
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 2
  • Jodi S Waldport, OR
    Here is a picture of a dwarf escallonia
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 1
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    It surely does look similar! I'll keep you posted when it blooms:-D
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 0
  • Bonnie M New Bern, NC
    It's Indian Hawthorne. It blooms intermittently from Spring to Fall.
    on May 22, 2012 · Like 1
  • Jodi S Waldport, OR
    Hawthorne is related to the rose and has thorns. I don't believe this has thorns. Doesn't appear to have.
    on May 23, 2012 · Like 0
  • Jodi S Waldport, OR
    Your shrub seems to have glossy leaves and azaleas usually don't have a glossy leaf, in fact they are usually slightly furry so they are not. Escallonia does have the shinny leaves and the dwarf varieties don't get tall. They can have flowers ranging in color from white to dark pink, almost red.
    on May 23, 2012 · Like 1
  • Debi M Washington, NC
    Pamela, if you are sure it is a type of azalea, you can do the following to help it without spending money (1) sprinkle used coffee grounds around the bush during the growing period (2) Save your egg shells. I put mine in a qt jar w/a lid. break them up as you put them in the jar, adding enough water to keep the shells covered. When it is full, put them around the base of the azalea bush. It doesn't smell great, but the azaleas love it.

    My grandma taught me that trick years ago.

    on May 23, 2012 · Like 1
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    @ Jodi S, I went back to Lowes and purchased 2 more azalea Coral Bells and they have glossy leaves too. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://w... But, I can't wait for it to bloom. When does Escallonia blooms or Azaleas bloom?
    on May 23, 2012 · Like 0
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    @ Debi M thanks for that information, I am going to start saving my eggshells and coffee grounds.
    on May 23, 2012 · Like 0
  • Jodi S Waldport, OR
    The picture of the azalea in the picture you posted aren't even close to the picture of the leaves in the shrub you are asking about. You can clearly see that the azalea leaves are not GLOSSY. Shinny maybe, but not glossy, and pointed where as the leaves in your original photo are more rounded, like escallonia. Escallonia leaves almost feel a bit sticky. Azalea leaves feel more papery.
    on May 24, 2012 · Like 1
  • Pamela F Hinesville, GA
    @ Jodi S....if and when it blooms, I'll post a picture. Secretly, I'm still wondering.
    on Jun 13, 2012 · Like 0
  • The Blooming Gardener San Jose, CA
    It is an azalea...
    on Feb 11, 2013 · Like 1

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