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   KENNETH5636 Active Member

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   Hello everyone!
   
   Is the Snowdrop Tree the same species as Winter sweet, the leaves seem to look identical?
   
   Thank,
   
   
   
   KEN

    

   KENNETH5636, Apr 27, 2013

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   Snowdrop tree =Halesia, which is in Styracaceae.
   
   http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Ha...96,d.d2k&fp=1b8f30a2f674f208&biw=1658&bih=727
   
   While winter sweet = Chimonanthus, is in Calycanthaceae.
   The leaves of which are very rough to the touch.
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimonanthus
   
   
   Or they were last time I looked but they keep changing things!

    

   Last edited: Apr 27, 2013

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