In The Garden: In front of a house in my neighborhood

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  1. i_am_jim

    i_am_jim Active Member

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    Made it through Houston's hard winter. It's a shrub. That's a brick wall with vine on it in the background
     

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  2. Eric La Fountaine

    Eric La Fountaine Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Looks like Chionanthus virginicus, fringe tree, A Texas native.
     
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    i_am_jim Active Member

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    Thank you.

    I'm reluctant to debate with people who're helping me, but I have a compulsive need to get these things correct. Please take this in the spirit it is intended.

    This is the range map given for Chionanthus virginicus in wikipedia. It doesn't seem like a native plant would have such a sparse presence. Also, though I'm barely in the growing area I'm on the the cusp.
     
  4. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    If this is a cultivated situation, could certainly be that the former homeowner planted it as a native plant.
     
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    In googling around I ran across a Chionanthus retusus. I really can't distinguish between them, but some pictures of this plant have the more rounded leaves, like in my picture. The Chionanthus virginicus all seem to have more pointy leaves. The flowers of the Chionanthus retusus seem to be in smaller denser clusters. The generalizations can be shown otherwise in the meany web pictures.
     
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