Desire Plant Identification

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by pjflyplants, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. pjflyplants

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    Ringgold, GA
    Plant is a 7-10 feet tall wild bush growing in groups in woods area under large oaks & ash trees on northwest side of ridge in NW Georgia. Bush has many shafts at its base up to 1-1.5 inches diameter with profuse leafy branches reaching upward. Leaves are different sizes 2-4 inches long, pinnate, and opposing each other on the branch with a leaf at the end of every branch. There are flowers that now are strongly flexible and deep rustic red. The flowers are the size of .5 inches, and remain that size. The shape of the flowers is identical to a fully formed rose, but small. There is a strong sweet fragrance. As the winter arrives, the flowers become much stronger pungent fragrance and hard, like shaved wood, still the shape of a rose. There will be bags of seeds hanging later-on around different parts of the plant. Some branches start from the shaft and grow completely to the top, but out of the mass of shafts at the base. Fragrance is very strong out to 20 feet away as it gets later in the year. Please identify.
     

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