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  1. Curious Arborist

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    Can anyone identify this tree? It is located White Rock, B.C.Thanks for your help.
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Lilac Syringa. The yellow objects are old flowerheads, but without any developing fruit (so it may be a sterile double-flowered cultivar).
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Spent Syringa vulgaris heads I've seen look different, this seems more likely to be flower buds of a different kind of plant - maybe growing beneath the lilac.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Yep, agree on 2nd look.
     
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    Thanks for the ID confirmation. I thought it was a lilac, but I think the flower heads
    threw me off.The leaves and twigs are very distinctive however. Thanks again for your help.
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    Maybe they belong to a Ligustrum rootstock.
     
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