Anyone care to guess what shrub this might be?

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hmmm?

Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com · Answer

Another one your taking to the home show?

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

HEH...nope...found this one tucked away at a tree farm while waiting for my mud stuck truck to be pulled out with a tractor. It is a little too large to take to the show !

Erica Glasener · Answer

It looks like a cotoneaster but hard to confirm with the photo?

Carol Thompson Burrows · Answer

A variety of poison sumac???

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

There used to be a large hedge of this in front of a building at Brenau University in Gainesville, don't know if it is still there or not..Erica I think you are right, I am pretty sure it is Cotoneaster lacteus parneyi

Teresa D · Answer

cranberry bush?  (is there such a thing)  lol

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

Yes there is a Cranberry Viburnum and it does have red berries :), but it is not the plant in the picture.

Dick C · Answer

Does it have long thorns-?------looks like my pyracantha whose leaves have turned a purplish

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

No thorns, and the leaves are longer and softer than a Pyracanthus.

Erica Glasener · Answer

Here is a photo of Cotoneaster lacteus that I took and it looks very similar.

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

Thanks Erica. I hate it when the ID of a plant is right on the tip of my tongue...lol....unfortunately happening with more and more frequency...

Erica Glasener · Answer

I know what you mean.  Sometimes I remember the latin name but not the common or vice versa.

Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com · Answer

For the life of me, I cannot remember these names of the plants you folks always comment on.  Heck I cannot even pronounce them.   What ever happened to bush with berries on it?  Or plant with those sticky leaves? You make it all so confusing.

Dick C · Answer

Erica--is there a book that tells us how to pronounce Latin names--like Fine Gardening magazine does each month?

Sue A · Answer

It's beautiful but looks like it would be messy in my yard:(

Erica Glasener · Answer

@ Dick C, not sure but I will check.  Walter may know of one.

Pat G · Answer

Cannot remember the name but I have one in my yard just like this...birds have eaten all berries from it, which is why I planted it.  Would love to have tips on how to prune and reshape.

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

Hey Dick C, this is a pretty good link for the Latin plant names http://www.emmitsburg.net/gardens/articles/adams/2002/latin_for_gardeners.htm It also links you to some other stuff that might be helpful

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

Pat, Cotoneasters are pretty forgiving on pruning. How much do you think needs to go?

Pat G · Answer

@4Seasons --- It is about 8 x8 feet.. pretty scraggly.  I like that natural look, but realize that the wind whips them to pieces, so need to shape.  Have a class and I'll come, even though I hate driving...

Debbie Patterson · Answer

Looks like a Possum Haw.

Suzie W · Answer

Looks like a Japanese Holly; although the tips of the leaves are usually pointed. :)

Marcia Reichert · Answer

Is it an evergreen? How long are the mature leaves?

Marcia Reichert · Answer

Is it a Pyracantha? Please excuse the spelling if it's wrong.

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

ID as a Parney Cotoneaster @Marcia Reichert , yes the leaves are evergreen, can't remember how long they are. The leaves are larger than what you would find on the Pyracanthus and no thorns

Beth swindler · Answer

I think it is autumn olive. Van be invasive , does it have silvery colored leaves? It is hard to tell form picture. That is my guess

Nita Saler · Answer

Looks like 'Fire Throne' berries to me. Very poisonous , my little girl (who is 36 yr old now) ate some of these 'pretty red berry's' and almost died

Jean Adams · Answer

See above Martha Reichert. Same thing.

Kari Roberts · Answer

Coffee berry bush.

Carol Thompson Burrows · Answer

I d say you have some pretty good snacking for our feather friends and other wildlife in your area. 😁

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