Can someone identify this please?
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Lisa Salerno
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my friend just bought a home with a very overgrown yard, and "established" landscape plants, most of which are overgrown and have transformed themselves from shrubs to trees, etc. this appears to be some kind of tree, but the trunk is mostly rotted and twisted, and it's hard to tell if it's really supposed to be a tree. I suspect it may be some type of euonymus, but I'm not sure.
14 answers
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I'm not sure if Ligustrum is hardy in your area, but that looks like the cultivar "Jack Frost." See: http://plantilus.com/plantdb/LiguJapoJack/Leaves_close.html
Douglas Hunt
on Nov 18, 2014
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We have an euonymus bush similar to this in the front of our house. It keeps growing, spreading (we've been in our house 21 years). We trim every year to keep it from growing out over the driveway and sidewalk, or too tall. If we did not trim, I expect it would start to look like a tree.
Connie Mar
on Nov 18, 2014
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Could be a variegated pittisporum.
Carolyn
on Nov 18, 2014
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I lean toward variegated Pittosporum. I would also just pull it out if it is tree-size.
Janet B
on Nov 18, 2014
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That is variegated pittosporum. It makes good filler in floral arrangements.
Lisa Guidry
on Nov 18, 2014
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It is a variegated pittosporum. I use it in floral arrangements, on table runners with votives and flowers interspersed, and tied with ribbons for gift wrap.
Mary Lou R
on Nov 18, 2014
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Pittosporum answers are correct. Looks like the varigated varietywhich i also have in central texas. You can cut them back signicantly to return them to bush form.
LisaF
on Nov 18, 2014
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That would be my answer as well...I used to love it in floral arrangements
Barbara Hobbs
on Nov 18, 2014
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thanks for all your answers - I will let her know what you've said. :)
Lisa Salerno
on Nov 19, 2014
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Variegated pittosporum is not hardy north of zone 8. I don't know how it would be making it in Maryland.
Douglas Hunt
on Nov 19, 2014
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We're technically zone 7b here in southern MD, Douglas, so a plant that weathers zone 8 could conceivably survive here. The plant in question is in a rather protected back yard within sight of the Potomac. Until recently, our winters have been fairly mild. My guess is that if it is pittosporum, it's just barely managed to survive, and that would seem to explain it's roughshod appearance. It has a small seed pod with ridges like a pumpkin, (as you can see in the photo) and produces a bright orange seed. Unfortunately, most of the photos of pittosporum with fruit do not resemble this. I'm not entirely convinced that this is the plant we're trying to ID. We have not seen the plant in bloom, since the home was only recently purchased. I'll continue to field any suggestions as to what it might be; all our local nurseries are closed at this time of year, so perhaps in the spring we'll take a piece to one of them. Again, thanks for your answers!
Lisa Salerno
on Nov 20, 2014
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Ayudar a responder a esta pregunta ..si, es un pitosporum disciplinado es un arbusto que puede alcanzar los dos metros de altura y se puede discuplinar con las podas despues de la floracion, como un lugustro. cuidarlo en invierno.de las heladas.colocar granulos de hierro en el cuello del tronco a 20 cm alrededor sun tocar el tronco. no abusar del agua. no regar por aspersion las hojas si la base del tronco , el pie del arbusto Lucia Perrrotta de Argentina. Good luck enjoyd it.
LUCIA ( from argentina )
on Nov 20, 2014
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I don't THINK it is Pitt.. Pitt leaf (here) is ROUNDER one would think... https://e54055a024bc6fb58d47-f7df714a3b816a175961a96ef2278d84.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/2560-Variegated-Pittosporum.jpg
Cp C
on Nov 26, 2014
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es un ligustro variegado. supongo que se hacen experiencias geneticas le gusta la tierra es arbustivo muy bello¡¡¡¡¡
LUCIA ( from argentina )
on Mar 30, 2015
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