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| I've just uncovered the following tree at the back of our section. Anyone have any idea what it could be? The leaves are green on top, grey underneath and have a felt-like texture. To me it looks like a feijoa but it doesn't have any flowers to confirm this. Any feedback would be most appreciated! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mystery tree
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- Posted by milehighgirl CO USDA 5B/Sunset 2B (My Page) on Tue, Oct 14, 14 at 20:21
| I'm not an expert by any means but it looks like an elaeganus to me. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Elaeagnus Quicksilver
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Tue, Oct 14, 14 at 22:46
| It is a feijoa, Acca sellowiana. The tree must be fairly large for you to have sacrificed a chunk for a photo ID. The new growth is a bit fuzzy, the older growth will become smooth. Since you are in New Zealand, there must be plenty of this growing in the area. My bush has fruit that is nearly ripe. |
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| I'm not at all familiar with your feijoa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acca_sellowiana . As Milehighgirl mentioned there are some similarities between it and the elaeganus family. The Elaeagnaceae family http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Elaeagnaceae.htm are interesting plants. I grow buffalo berry aka Shepherdia and goumi aka elaeaganus multiflora . Goumi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus_multiflora grow here in the colder parts of the United States. One thing I know about plants I've seen with those leaves is they are highly drought tolerant. All species I've seen with that appearance for us are nitrogen fixers. I looked your plant up and found no mention of those qualities. These characteristics of our plants allow them to grow and thrive where other plants don't. The eleagnus umbellata is so drought tolerant and nitrogen fixing and produces so many fruits it's made it to many areas invasive species list http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/midatlantic/elum.htm. You should also see this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus. I found this interesting article http://feijoafeijoa.wordpress.com/growing-feijoas/. The plant you are growing has very beautiful foliage. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Feijoa
This post was edited by ClarkinKS on Wed, Oct 15, 14 at 2:56
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