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Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 16:08
| I feel like I should know this, but if it's not native, I don't feel so bad. I thought at first it my be some kind of mulberry, but the berries don't seem right. These trees/shrubs are small at around 12 feet. The leaves are opposite and simple, with very slight serrations. Some leaves were more smooth than others. The white flowers are very fragrant and covered in butterflies, and as you see, some were becoming blue berries. I wish I could have gotten a pic of an entire tree, but they were so mingled together with each other and the native fauna that I couldn't get a good shot. I see these blooming every year around here. Any guesses? By the way, I'm in the western end of North Carolina and the picture was taken today. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 16:23
| jasmine??? mulberry should be a late spring early summer bloom the whispy nature makes me think tropical.. and it aint a gardenia.. so my default.. jasmine.. lol ken |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 16:25
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| Clerodendrum trichotomum. |
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| As bboy says - flowering all over the place here at the moment. Really cool fruits later. Looks tropical but thrives in southern UK. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 17:37
| ah.. win some lose some.. lol who ever heard of a Peanut Butter Shrub or Harlequin Glory Bower and why peanut butter shrub.. is that what the flowers smell like???? ken |
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- Posted by formandfoliage 9b (Sunset zone 15) (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 17:55
| Nice ones here in the local botanical garden devoted to plants from Asia. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 18:44
| No Ken, that's what the leaves smell like when brushed :-) Rather common and very popular plant in my area when in bloom - get questions and requests on it constantly. |
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| Rather frequently shown and asked about on the internet also. |
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- Posted by Dzitmoidonc 6 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 22:48
They grow rapidly by suckering, the plants come up 30 ft. away. And the flowers stink, they smell like Oriental lilies. In a severe winter here in zone 6, the smaller ones die to the ground, and I wish the big ones did too. The reason is that the big ones sort of live, but sort of die too. Lots of pruning required. Still, the effect of a mass of them sited right can make a Wow! moment. These grow here at the end of the pond.  |
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- Posted by gardener365 IL 5/6 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 8:49
| I grow it here and anyone in zone 5 also can. It's a die to the ground plant and comes up each year and blooms on current wood. My mower keeps the runners in check. Dax |
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| Maybe they die to the ground in some places, but here they look and behave just like trees. Some people near us have all the lower branches trimmed away and they look pretty good, for an exotic. I'll try to get a picture. |
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| Yes - here too. Small trees. About same size as crab apple, rowan, etc. I don't have a picture of one in flower but here are some snowdrops in a local square in January last year. The bare tree they are growing under is Clerodendrum trichotomum. Note - no suckers. |
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| There used to be a big, long-established, single-trunked one in my neighorhood but it froze in the record 1990 winter. Mine didn't sucker much until I dug the ground near it, then I got quite a dense little thicket of stems. However, I was able to pull them up quite easily, during winter when the ground was damp. Since then it has mostly stayed in place. |
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- Posted by gardener365 IL 5/6 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 17:58
| Yes, mine grown as a perennial in zone 5b: Last winter we had a zone 7 winter so all of this years growth came from existing stems. Dax Clerodendron trichotomum grown as perennial in zone 5 Clerodendron trichotomum grown as perennial in zone 5 The flowers smell sweet like Jasmine. |
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- Posted by arbor_girl none (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 22:58
| It's been a good year in zone 5 for Clerodendrum bungei as well... They're popping up in a few unwanted places, but as Dax said, the lawn mower takes care of that. |
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