Can anyone I.D. this plant for me.
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I took a cutting from a neighbor's plant, and can't seem to start another.
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When the blooms drop, I t looks like snow.
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It is a beautiful plant. Was your cutting on new growth? It can take a long time to root sometimes.
Lori J
on Jun 15, 2014
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That is call the Beauty Bush I have a big one in my garden I love them, you will find sometime little plants right around the bush but I don't think you will be able to start from a cutting
Luis
on Jun 15, 2014
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is that a Jasmine plant??
Rita Wozniak
on Jun 15, 2014
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I believe it is a Beauty Bush, like Luis said. Related to honeysuckle.
Peggy Beckwith
on Jun 15, 2014
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That looks a lot like a clematis vine. Clematis has a few whites ones. I just don't know which one it is.
Shareen Kearney
on Jun 15, 2014
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It looks like a Clematis Vine that is called either Sweet Autumn or another one called Paniculata. Both are beautiful Clematis Vines
Lou Ann Livengood
on Jun 15, 2014
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Try looking up "weigela". That's what it looks like to me. Remember to look at the leaves, flowers and growth pattern when trying to identify plants ;)
Me
on Jun 15, 2014
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It is not Sweet Autumn, their flowers are tiny clusters of stars
Pat Collier
on Jun 16, 2014
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Luis correctly identified the plant as beautybush, Kolkwitzia amabilis. It supposed can be propagated from semi-hardwood cuttings, but I think digging up a sucker is a much more reliable way to go.
Douglas Hunt
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks just like my Beauty Bush. They are easily started from root suckers. Got my from my mom's bush.
Cheryl Gough
on Jun 16, 2014
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Glad this question was here - I've had this mystery bush in my garden and have never been able to successfully identify it. Beauty bush it is!!
Heather (New House New Home)
on Jun 16, 2014
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Maybe a spirea?
Marcia Espeland
on Jun 16, 2014
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Its definitely a wegilia
Cheryl stanley
on Jun 16, 2014
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They come in other colors, too.
Cheryl stanley
on Jun 16, 2014
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Orange blossom
Tina Accardi
on Jun 16, 2014
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In PA we call them Beauty Bush. I have one and there are some very large ones in the Hersey Gardens, Hershey PA.
Tina
on Jun 16, 2014
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stunning!!!
NancyLee
on Jun 16, 2014
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Bridal Veil. Beautiful bush that looks like a bridal veil as the flowers blossom, hence the name.
Cynde Synakowski
on Jun 16, 2014
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looks like Mock Orange...smells beautiful!
Jan Yanders
on Jun 16, 2014
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White wegelia or baby's breath!
Retired, Loving It! Love Neat, Clean, Uncluttered
on Jun 16, 2014
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Don't know what it is, but who cares?It is absolutely beautiful..Patricia Brown
Patricia Brown
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks like a mock orange
Bonnie Childers
on Jun 16, 2014
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Could also be Deutzia, flowers are too big to be bridal wreath spirea.
Lisa Wambles
on Jun 16, 2014
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I agree, it is a Mock Orange. You should be able to stick the cutting right in the ground after coating the stem end with root fertilizer and it will take off. Don't start it in water, as this will cause the stem to rot. This a bush you cannot kill. Lots of sun.
Nancy
on Jun 16, 2014
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I was thinking mock orange as well. There's an app called Leaf Snap that might help you identify it. It's free & I've used it on a number of occasions.
Donna Shepherd
on Jun 16, 2014
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Wegelia, they come in many colors. I have a red one and pinks as well as white ones and some of them also have variegated leaves. It is not a mock orange, however. This is a photo of my light pink with variegated leaves...sorry I don't have a close up.
P
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks like old fashioned Orange Blossom to me. Is it really fragrant?
TERESA FORST
on Jun 16, 2014
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honeysuckle
Pamela
on Jun 16, 2014
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It looks like a well established Plumbago.
Becca
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks like Mountain Laurel
Terra Gazelle
on Jun 16, 2014
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That would be a Mock Orange. It's a wonderful plant and very easy to get cuttings from to start new plants
Oma
on Jun 16, 2014
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Beauty Bush
Connie Brady
on Jun 16, 2014
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Its called a Pink Blush. I had one for 22 yrs at my old house and it grew to be 15ft tall and about 10ft across, always full of blossoms and the bees love it, but it smells wonderful. Have only found them at Bordines... its a beautiful landscape bush.
Karen Reames
on Jun 16, 2014
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It's a spirea
Pat Frank
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks like a Mock Orange to me.
Judy Witherrite
on Jun 16, 2014
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Here's the problem you run into when using the common name of plants....different names in different areas. I would suggest a call or visit to your nearest botanical garden for ID of plant. If visiting take a specimen and some good pictures. I am fortunate to live near the third most promenant botanical garden in the world so I use their service frequently. www.mobot.org
Terry Stutes
on Jun 16, 2014
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This is my best guess since I can't see the veining in the leaves which is used for and ID also..... http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=v560
Terry Stutes
on Jun 16, 2014
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Mock orange indeed
Janice
on Jun 16, 2014
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Expand my comment ...I think it is a deutzia after checking botanical garden
Terry Stutes
on Jun 16, 2014
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Mock orange it very different in the Midwest again common names can be deceiving.
Terry Stutes
on Jun 16, 2014
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This looks very much like the Abelia Grandiflora plant i have growing in my back yard. mine is very frangrant. this is not a mock orange, i also have one of them in my yard. good luck. take a flower and leaf branch to a master gardener they will be able to help identify it.
Janet Harden
on Jun 16, 2014
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Take a cutting to a reputable garden center. They will be able to tell what it truly is.
Linda Dodson
on Jun 16, 2014
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This is Mock Orange. If you look around you will most likely find a few babies. They seed profusely.
Wendy Aycoth
on Jun 16, 2014
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I have no idea but I would love one in my garden
Susan Mccarthy
on Jun 16, 2014
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This plant appears to be an "Autumn Clematis". Very sweet smell; flowers in late summer.
Donna Bruffey
on Jun 16, 2014
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I agree with Donna it has the leaves of clematis
Sherri Hendricks
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks like a Mock Orange to me...very messy when blossoms drop off!
Betty Williams
on Jun 16, 2014
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Whatever it is, it's beautiful.......I can almost smell it.
Nancy Moody
on Jun 16, 2014
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I agree with Mock Orange, especially if it smells fabulous!!
Jo Boswell
on Jun 16, 2014
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Common Name: slender deutzia Type: Deciduous shrub Family: Hydrangeaceae Native Range: Japan
Chris aka monkey
on Jun 16, 2014
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not sure but it reminds me of a van Houghton spirea
Carla Tevis
on Jun 16, 2014
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I agree with Donna form VA. It looks like Autumn Clematis. Wonderful smell, but beware; it is very aggressive.
Susan Adams
on Jun 16, 2014
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I spent well over an hour, Googling and searching, because it drives me nuts that so many of you don't seem to know what you are looking at! The above plant is nothing like a mock orange, or a deutzia, the autumn clematis (since it is in bloom right now!) or any others you have mentioned. Either the flowers you think it is, are not the same, or the leaves, or in this case, the colour of the younger branches, which are a dark pink. The name of this plant is Kolkwitzia amabilis, common name, 'Beauty bush'. I thank you for asking because I have had one since I came here 30+ years ago and didn't know the name of it. BTW, it looks good as a cut flower with other blooms, but drops it's blossoms fairly soon.
Linda T
on Jun 16, 2014
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I also believe it's an autumn Climatis. Be careful, as it is a vigorous and aggressive plant. Stand still for a few minutes and it will grow right over you
EL Hoard
on Jun 16, 2014
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This is definitely not autumn clematis if it is blooming now but it could bean abelia which is very similar to deutzia in flower and foliage.
Ronna Wilson
on Jun 16, 2014
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Up close your shrub looks like Wegelia, but further away it looks like a honeysuckle. Here's a photo of my mom's Wegelia I took in 2010 and it looks very much like yours. P.S, It is not a Mock orange.. I've had a mock orange in the past, the flowers of the mock orange are not belled shaped and they are white..and smell like citrus..
Vetsy
on Jun 16, 2014
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http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/mock_orange_philadelphias Looks like mock orange to me!
Faith Koch
on Jun 16, 2014
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Looks like Beauty Bush to me.
Lisa Wilson
on Jun 16, 2014
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Wow, this plant is a beauty. If you can come to a consensus I'd like to know what it is too.
Carolyn Vick
on Jun 16, 2014
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It looks like a type of Spirea.
Jayme
on Jun 16, 2014
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It's a vine, it's either Honeysuckle. Or it's a Clematis that I can't remember the name now, but it doesn't flower until summer, but keeps going late into fall. You need to cut it back each year to about 3 feet from the ground once it's dropped all it's leaves. It only blooms on the new growth. So u cut it back, leave about 3 feet and don't worry, it'll grow like crazy each year!
Beth
on Jun 17, 2014
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That's it Autumn Clematis. It's a vine from looking at your picture. Maybe if u can tell us how big the flower itself is. The Autumn Clematis flower is small, I think about an inch or less
Beth
on Jun 17, 2014
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No, not a vine. It is a Bush, the trunk has peeling bark, it's 10 ft high. I believe it is the Beauty Bush
Peggy Beckwith
on Jun 17, 2014
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It certainly isn't that obnoxious Sweet Autumn Clematis!
Penny Woodring
on Jun 17, 2014
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Well it's aggressive in Memphis, TN.
EL Hoard
on Jun 17, 2014
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Thanks Douglas.
Evelyn McMullen
on Jun 17, 2014
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Just found it on the internet,it is wigelia Whiteknight.
Ronna Wilson
on Jun 17, 2014
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Don't know what is but it is pretty!!
Ruth12345
on Jun 17, 2014
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It looks like Plumbago to me. It definitely isn't Beauty Bush. Beauty Bush has tiny little clusters of flowers then toward fall it has clusters of violet berries growing around the stems. It's gorgeous. We planted a small one about 4 years ago and it is an enormous bush now plus the deer don't seem to care for it.
Becca
on Jun 17, 2014
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Not a vine? Then you're right. I don't have a clue
Beth
on Jun 17, 2014
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Is it Bridal Veil Spirea ?
MarilynMarzana
on Jun 17, 2014
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It looks like a bush my grandma had. She always called it "Orange Blossom". Beautiful!
Lenora Thomas Harmon
on Jun 17, 2014
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http://www.pbase.com/image/63567662
Peggy Beckwith
on Jun 17, 2014
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I went back online and Luis and Linda T. are right Kolkwitzia [ beauty bush ] and I think Becca is confusing it with beauty berry [ Callicarpa ]. What ever it ends up being it is a gorgeous shrub. I had a beauty bush 20 years ago but didn't take, the beauty berry did and I've had to prune hard, will try the beauty bush again.
Ronna Wilson
on Jun 17, 2014
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I have a bush like this on the side of my house came from my husbands grandmother..She called it Bridal veil.
Aline Dowd
on Jun 18, 2014
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Is it wisteria?
Marie Carlucci
on Jun 19, 2014
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Try this to start a planting: Using a low hanging branch, place the branch across a pot of dirt and place a brick or rock over it. Keep the dirt moist. If the section of branch you are using is woody, you might try scratching the bark that will be against the dirt. This way, the branch is still get ting nutrients from the parent plant while it roots. When you have a good root system, you can cut the branch from the parent plant. Good luck. It looks beautiful.
Memra
on Jun 19, 2014
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Will try this, Rooting in water, is how I started this one, but can't seem to do it again. I am trying water rooting again, seem pretty stable. But, I am going to try your suggestion. Thank you. :-)
Peggy Beckwith
on Jun 19, 2014
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Does this look like it , Peggy?...This is a Dream Catcher™ Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco' Common Name: “Beauty Bush” ......Weigela looks similar but does not have that yellow stained glass look inside of it....They do have yellow, but not like the beauty bush.. Wisteria is a climber (and beautiful),but looks nothing like this flower.. Orange blossom does not have the yellow stained glass effect either....although it does have yellow on the cup......and Plumbago is a 5 flat petaled flower....Being flat it could not be this.... Peggy, check it out for yourself and see what you think..... Beautiful bush, hon...
Angie W
on Jun 19, 2014
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Sorry forgot the photo....
Angie W
on Jun 19, 2014
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honeysuckle
Pamela
on Jun 20, 2014
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Beauty bush http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkwitzia_amabilis
Ilona Laney
on Jun 20, 2014
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It looks like candytuff
Connie
on Jun 20, 2014
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Looks like Bridal Wreath to me
Connie Short
on Jun 21, 2014
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Thanks to all, this has been resolved..........Beauty Bush it is. Took a piece of it to nursery, they confirmed.
Peggy Beckwith
on Jun 21, 2014
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Weigela florida, comes in lots of color but mostly pink, some variegated var. as well beautiful specimen.
Anji41
on Jun 23, 2014
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Elora, are you my old pal from Corydon? Hey, I am going to follow you.. Do you know if I should put plant food on my transplanted phlox this fall? Thanks
Carolyn Hoxton
on Sep 16, 2014
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This flowering shrub is from the Spiraea family. Bridal's veil is a common name for the cascading white one. Spirea thunbergii.
Linda
on Dec 21, 2014
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Thanks to all, this has been resolved........Beauty Bush it is. Confirmed at nursery.
Peggy Beckwith
on Dec 21, 2014
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Beauty bush must be a type of Wegelia as we have two different varieties on our yard but, none bloom as magnificently as yours!
Diana Kosa
on Nov 27, 2015
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Xx
Peggy Beckwith
on Nov 28, 2015
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This plant is a Clematis. If you layer a branch and put a stone on it,it will root. This a very aggressive plant,so be careful where you put it. Bridal veil has a tiny flower similar to Baby's Breath.
Wendy Aycoth
on Nov 30, 2015
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ID'd at Nursery as "Kolkwitzia". Thanks to all.
Peggy Beckwith
on Nov 30, 2015
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