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Palustris

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Penrhyn Castle shrub
« on: September 01, 2014, 09:53:33 AM »
Can anyone put a name to this highly scented shrub from the Walled Garden at Penrhyn Castle?
TIA.


Lesley Cox

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Re: Penrhyn Castle shrub
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2014, 10:11:16 AM »
If we could smell it, we'd know for sure. ;D ;D
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

fermi de Sousa

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Re: Penrhyn Castle shrub
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2014, 10:13:28 AM »
Clerodendron trichotomum?
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Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
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Palustris

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Re: Penrhyn Castle shrub
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 11:10:49 AM »
Thank-you Fermi, exactly right. We should have known but our brains were out of gear.
I wish you could have caught the scent, Lesley, it filled the whole garden.

 


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