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Can anyone identify this hedging plant, please?

15 years ago

We've just been to see my son, and come away with a bit of something used as a hedge around his garden.

It's around 3' high, and completely covered in flowers now. They're in very dense clusters, each cluster made up of smaller clusters. Each flower has five or six petals which are white with a pinkish tinge and a central boss of stamens, and the stamens are on white filaments. The calyx is deep red at the tips.

I thought it was the flowers that smelled, but now I have it close up, I find the leaves are the strongest smelling. They're palmate with long, narrow leaflets, tough and waxy, and covered with scent glands.

Has anyone got any idea what it could be, please?

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Comments (4)

ornata
15 years ago
Choisya? Mine isn't flowering yet, though. Choisya gets to more than 3 feet, but I suppose if the plants you saw are growing as a hedge they will be getting pruned regularly.
pineresin
15 years ago
Any chance of a photo?
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crazylady
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15 years ago
I didn't get a photo, as we only spotted it on leaving. It's nothing like my Choisya, but I've looked that up, and I think it's Choisya dumosa var. arizonica. It's much nicer than the usual Choisya ternata, so I hope the cutting takes.

Thank you for the help.
flounder_123
15 years ago
if you're on the path to choisya, google 'aztec pearl' it might be it plus it grows a lot smaller than ternata

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