Could Use Some Help Identifying This Little Plant.
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Deborah M on Aug 06, 2013Kinda looks like Gardenia.Helpful Reply
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Fastnacht Shavout on Aug 06, 2013By any chance is this what the berries look like? i hope this helps. http://www.finegardening.com/item/16690/twiggy-shrub-tiny-flowers-red-berries-possible-ilexHelpful Reply
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Julya on Aug 06, 2013It looks like it's laurel or salalHelpful Reply
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Harlee Jenkins on Aug 06, 2013cotoneaster...grows everywhere...pretty much...bug resistant.Helpful Reply
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Jeanne on Aug 06, 2013Do the leaves smell like wintergreen if you crush them? To me that's what it looks like.Helpful Reply
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Barb Keryan on Aug 06, 2013The above link from Fine Gardening certainly makes me think it's a cottoneaster. Tiny flowers is not a camellia! :)Helpful Reply
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Carolyn Richrath on Aug 06, 2013It looks like a gardenia to me...you are lucky it is growingHelpful Reply
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Julya on Aug 06, 2013Gardenias don't have berries...Helpful Reply
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Karen on Aug 06, 2013the leaves are too big to be cotoneaster...I am thinking mountain laurelHelpful Reply
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Colleen S on Aug 06, 2013bayleaf maybeHelpful Reply
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Phyllis M on Aug 06, 2013Looks like gardeniaHelpful Reply
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Meredith bungard on Aug 06, 2013Hellebores?Helpful Reply
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Rhonda Kress on Aug 06, 2013It looks like a poke weed to me.Helpful Reply
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Barbara on Aug 06, 2013I am sure it's not cotoneaster . Leaves too bigHelpful Reply
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Sally Wresinski-Grunkemeyer on Aug 06, 2013It's gaultheria. (perennial wintergreen) This is the plant used for wintergreen scent and is a nice little ground cover...white flowers and blueberry-sized red berries. http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/gaultheria-procumbens-wintergreen.aspxHelpful Reply
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Carolyn Doherty on Aug 06, 2013Looks like a Croton from here!Helpful Reply
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Jo Nelson on Aug 06, 2013I also thought CrotonHelpful Reply
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Diana Kiley on Aug 06, 2013The shape of the leaves do not match for the gaultheria. Those are rounded, mystery plant is pointed. Definitely not cotoneaster either-- leaves too big. The order of the leaves do not match the suggestion from Fastnacht--those are much smaller and almost opposite each other, these are not. sorry no suggestions, just observations.Helpful Reply
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Bonnie Mckenzie on Aug 06, 2013Looks like it could be a Yesterday,Today and Tomorrow plant!Helpful Reply
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Shi209159 on Aug 06, 2013a variation of VincaHelpful Reply
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Marcia R on Aug 06, 2013I agree with Rhonda Kress ...it looks like poke weed to me too! The birds eat the seeds and then drop them..wherever!Helpful Reply
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Liz Conway on Aug 06, 2013Camilla plantHelpful Reply
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Jul209167 on Aug 06, 2013I believe it's Ardisia Japonica - Japonica ground cover.Helpful Reply
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Susie Martin on Aug 06, 2013I believe it is ardisia. an evergreen ground cover..cool little plant..I grew the green variety and the variegated one as well In Houston Tx..loves the shadeHelpful Reply
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Deanna Riles-Cox on Aug 06, 2013Do the berries and flower look like this? http://tryonfarm.org/share/node/39 .Helpful Reply
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Cathy on Aug 06, 2013looks like bay leaf or a laurelHelpful Reply
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Linda Hassenmayer on Aug 06, 2013Looks like pokeweed. A very invasive weed that takes over everything...pull one up and see if the root resembles a carrot. If it does, kill it fast!Helpful Reply
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Cathy on Aug 06, 2013viburnum tinus?Helpful Reply
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Cathy on Aug 06, 2013could it be viburnum tinus?Helpful Reply
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My 1929 Charmer on Aug 06, 2013It's looks like pokeweed (picture attached) but height description doesn't match. Pokeweek is usually 6-10 feet tall, BUT never less than 3 feet tall. So that doesn't fit.Helpful Reply
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Gladys Poore on Aug 06, 2013I wonder if it is a creeper like Ajuga or wintercreeper?Helpful Reply
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Melinda on Aug 06, 2013Not Mountain Laurel. Mountain Laurels don't have tiny white flowers in the spring nor berries.Helpful Reply
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My 1929 Charmer on Aug 06, 2013Also poke weed if VERY toxic, roots most toxic, then berries and leaves. Very toxic to children and animals. Poke weed roots smell like fennel, queen anne's roots smell like carrot.Helpful Reply
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Sharon Bartel-Reeves on Aug 06, 2013looks like Gardenia to me.Helpful Reply
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My 1929 Charmer on Aug 06, 2013Not ajuga or wintercreeper, pictures below. Leaves for both don't match.Helpful Reply
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Charlie G on Aug 06, 2013Looks like gardenia to me also .Helpful Reply
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My 1929 Charmer on Aug 06, 2013Does look like Ardisia Japonica, color and leaf edge match. Click on you photo to enlarge and both have a "jagged" edge, kind of spiky.Helpful Reply
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R.V.R. Farris on Aug 06, 2013Thanks to everyone that offered a suggestion. I Googled most of the suggestions and @JULE and @Susie Martin offered the right suggestion. It is Ardisia Japonica. Thanks again.Helpful Reply
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Melinda on Aug 06, 2013Gardenias don't have tiny flowers and they grow up to five feet tall.Helpful Reply
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R.V.R. Farris on Aug 06, 2013Thanks @ Cathy Barbeauld, I never would have figured this one without the help of Hometalkers.Helpful Reply
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Mary E on Aug 06, 2013callicarpa americana? i can't tell from the picture, as it gets real long branches with pink or purple berries on the stems. it's called a beauty berry.Helpful Reply
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GD on Aug 06, 2013it looks to be a begoniaHelpful Reply
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Sandy Mcdonald on Aug 06, 2013WHEN I FIRST SAW IT ---I THOUGHT LEMON TREE---SO I WENT TO GOOGLE AND FOUND THIS---WHAT U THINK?Helpful Reply
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Angela C on Aug 06, 2013This is definitely Ardisia japonica. Definitely. If you ever have it, it will take several years to get rid of it. It's OK as a ground cover on the Gulf Coast, but I would not rate it in the top 20.Helpful Reply
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Lorene Carlin on Aug 06, 2013It is ardisia and I love it. It is invasive but is a great ground cover under trees where nothing else will grow. It is found in the yards of most old plantation homes in the South.Helpful Reply
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Jch209237 on Aug 06, 2013Totally agree with newest posts from Angela, Lorene; Jule, Susie - earlier. I got mine from a local plant swap and admired the red berries...leaves are prettiest as dk green in shade, summer sun yellows them a bit. At has become invasive now and no longer enjoy it as it crowds smaller plants I enjoy as dwarf gardenia and competing for moisture with Japanese Maple,and is popping up everywhere - even on the lawn nearby. I am pulling but be warned - there are tough underground runners which sneak up elsewhere. It's on my DESTROY list now after 6 yrs. Loves southern climate, doubt it survives above TN...if so it might be prized as rarity.Helpful Reply
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Ann Brownlee on Aug 06, 2013Gardenias grow large, definitely not polk weed, I think you got your answer, above.Helpful Reply
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Brenda Patterson on Aug 06, 2013Poke salad is delicious treat my mom used to fix. Now it is true the berries are poisonous but not the leaves.Helpful Reply
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Kim A on Aug 06, 2013Not a Gardenia Kinda looks like it but notHelpful Reply
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Dana Corby on Aug 06, 2013Depending on your location and the shape of the flowers, it could be salal (accent on the second syllable.) It's in the same family as heather, huckleberries, and madrone trees. They all have small white, pinkish, or pink flowers in what's called an 'urn' shape, and all but heather have berries in the fall.Helpful Reply
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Janelle Wakefield on Aug 06, 2013The leaf liooks like a gardenia leaf..Helpful Reply
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Carole on Aug 07, 2013If you are still in doubt after the replies received here, then I would suggest you take your photo to your nearest plant nursery or garden centre and see if they can identify it for you. A snippet of the plant might also aid identification - texture or scent does not come through in a photo. Hope you are able to identify it! Good luck!Helpful Reply
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Angela C on Aug 07, 2013I am enjoying all the guesses, but there is no doubt that this is Ardisia japonica. There is a solid green variety and a variegated variety. The variegated is less hardy than the solid green. There is also a version of Ardisia that is much more desirable; Ardisia crenata. That one is a small, upright shrub that produces clusters of attractive red berries all through the winter, which is why it is called Christmas Berry. It is not invasive like the groundcover version.Helpful Reply
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Andrea S on Aug 07, 2013It looks invasive.Helpful Reply
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