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Unknow flowering shrub/small tree

14 years ago

We have a plant that has bloomed this year and we don't have any idea what it is. We planted it two years ago and were told that it was a native azalea. It is obviously not an azalea, but the shape of the plant is similar. It is about 4 foot high with a shape like a small tree and tiny, white flowers with 5 petals. The leaves are bright green and the plant sends out suckers not right at the base but a few inches away. It looks like it would be in the rose family, but that's all I know. We are in zone 7b. Any help would be great!

Robin

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Iris GW
14 years ago
It looks like it could be Aronia, Chokeberry. If it has red berries, it could be Photinia pyrifolia (used to be Aronia arbutifolia). If it has black berries, then Photinia melanocarpa.
lycopus
14 years ago
I agree with Aronia arbutifolia or A. melanocarpa.

In the early 1990's it was suggested that Aronia be included in Photinia, but available molecular data does not show a close relationship between the two. I'm including the source below in case you are interested.

Campbell CS, Evans RC, Morgan DR, Dickinson TA, and Arsenault MP. 2007. Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): Limited resolution of a complex evolutionary history. Plant Systematics and Evolution: 266: 119Â145
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