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29-12-2006, 09:29 PM
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Hi
I have this shrub in my garden that normally flowers early March. Last year I spotted the first blooms in January. The shrub is already in flower and as been since mid November.
These very small flowers, approx 10mm in dia with almost translucent white petals and yellow stamens. These tiny flowers appear before the leaves.
This photo was taken on 24 November.
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Harry  |
29-12-2006, 09:57 PM
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Looks very much like a winter flowering Honeysuckle to me. ( Lonicera) There is at least one winter flowering variety. If it is it will probably have at least a faint scent. I could be wrong of course.
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29-12-2006, 10:13 PM
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Thanks Ollie. you hit the nail on the head. Have done a search for winter flowering honeysuckle and come up with the correct name. Lonicera x purpusii.
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29-12-2006, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by hssutton  Thanks Ollie. you hit the nail on the head. Have done a search for winter flowering honeysuckle and come up with the correct name. Lonicera x purpusii.
Harry | No problem harry, but I must admit the only reason I knew is because my wife is a gardener and we have the same shrub in our garden and it's in flower at the moment as well.
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30-12-2006, 03:13 PM
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We visited Kew earlier + there was another winter flowering honeysuckle, Lonicera standishii- which had delightful smell + visited by a queen Bombus terrestris. | | |
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