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Stephenb
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New Zealand Shrub
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A friend asked me what this shrub photographed on one of the islands off Auckland is. It looks familiar....
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Looks like Pittosporum crassifolium.
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Thanks!
No wonder it looked familiar, I grew one in a pot for several years and I see I have a picture I took of it in the Auckland Botanics (in the Threatened Garden) in 2003...
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Maggi Young
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Re: New Zealand Shrub
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February 25, 2013, 06:43:21 PM »
Has it got dark red flowers, a bit like a Primula euprepes?
Seems it does- found this :
http://www.nzplants.co.uk/Pittosporum-crassifolium
Next question - to myself- is where did I see it in flower to remember that?
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Stephenb
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That's pretty!!
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Stephen
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Similar bushes are quite common round where I live: in parks, borders along paths and roads and car parks, and in school grounds.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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