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Author Topic: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify  (Read 1496 times)

Carolyn

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Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« on: December 19, 2016, 09:36:29 PM »
can anyone help to  ID these three trees.

Carolyn McHale
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2016, 10:40:55 PM »
The first looks like a Viburnum, the second is tarata (Lemonwood - Pittosporum eugenioides) and the third looks like Griselinia littoralis.
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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2016, 10:53:52 PM »
Thanks Anthony, I was thinking of pittosporum, but wasn't sure which one. I agree with you about the griselinia too, but remain to be convinced of the viburnum - I grow Viburnum plicatum Mariesii in my garden and I don't see much ressemblance. - or is that quite different anyway?
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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2016, 11:18:49 PM »
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus?
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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2016, 11:33:09 PM »
Mmm, the individual flowers do look like cotoneaster flowers, don't they? I have the impression though that these leaves are quite big, like a large-leaved rhododendron. It can be difficult to get a sense of scale from a photo. (I should explain that my son in Wellington sent me these to ID for him)
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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2016, 08:50:16 AM »
I have asked my son to measure the leaf length!
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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2016, 06:54:27 PM »

Could it be Cotoneaster lacteus?
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Re: Three trees growing in Wellington NZ to identify
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2016, 09:00:00 PM »
Apparently the leaves are 5 - 6cm long, so that fits with cotoneaster. I think it could be either C. glaucophyllus or lacteus, so thanks for your help Anthony and Margaret.
The fruit of C. glaucophyllus contains 2 yellowish and flattened seeds. C. lacteus has 5 seeds in each fruit. My son can complete the ID in autumn then.
Carolyn McHale
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