Tree/Shrub ?

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Weedbender, Feb 6, 2007.

  1. Weedbender

    Weedbender Active Member 10 Years

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    Small tree, about 12'. Growing in Michigan.
    Fragrant flowers.
     

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  2. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Privet (Ligustrum).
     
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    Weedbender Active Member 10 Years

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    My first thought too, but I can't find one with five petals on the flowers.
     
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    Newt Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Weedbender, I don't see 5 petals. I'm thinking what you think is 5 petals is only 4. The ones that look like 5 are actually the base of one of the petals. Look closely at the ones to the extreme right.

    Newt
     
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    It looks like Lonicera pileata, Privit Honeysuckle to me. Janet
     
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    Weedbender Active Member 10 Years

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    Good eye Newt ;>)
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Privet honeysuckle has mostly similar-sized narrowish leaves arranged in a comb-like or herringbone fashion and greenish flowers borne among the leaves, not white ones in terminal clusters.
     

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