What might this shrub be?

Taiji · Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:10 pm

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I really like this shrub and would like to plant a couple more, any idea what this could be? I can't remember if it flowered in the spring or not.

catgrass · Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:41 pm

Looks like Nandina

Taiji · Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:01 am

I guess it could be. The pics I was looking at of Nandina show leaves a little more pointed, and reddish leaves at certain times of the year. I suppose there are different varieties though. Thanks.

applestar · Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:49 pm

Wouldn't nandina have berries at this time of the year? Mine do though my area is borderline for hardiness.

Taiji · Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:16 pm

That was another thing that I was reading about with nandina: the berries. This shrub has full sun, so should produce berries I would think. I just wish I could remember last spring if it bloomed or not. We were so preoccupied with buying this property I didn't notice.

Do your nandina have leaves that look like mine?

applestar · Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:44 pm

I'll try to remember to take a picture tomorrow.

Taiji · Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:07 am

Oh, thank you so much! I just noticed today that this shrub sends out long vines too. I buried one today hoping to propagate some.

rainbowgardener · Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:10 am

yeah, I really don't think nandina, but I was keeping my mouth shut, since I don't know what it is, so don't have anything positive to offer....

applestar · Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:16 am

That's interesting because when I first saw the pics I thought it looked like wisteria except the leaves are too rounded. Hopefully someone else will recognize it.

catgrass · Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:28 am

My 2nd thought was wisteria, too, but whatever it is, it looks sick. OR maybe cape honeysuckle?

Taiji · Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:30 pm

Not sure what honeysuckle looks like, I think people around here do grow it though. I will anxious to see what flowers it puts out, if any, next spring.

I don't think the shrub is sick though. The leaves were a lush deep green all summer, as in the top photo which is one reason I would like more. The yellowing is simply fall color. Even since I took the photo more leaves are turning and falling off.

catgrass · Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:04 am

Nandina doesn't lose leaves like that, so I'm leaning towards the wisteria or honeysuckle.

pinksand · Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:28 pm

I think cape honeysuckle has more of a serrated heart shaped leaf while the photos above look to be more oval shaped with a smooth edge. My first thought was wisteria as well.

purpleinopp · Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:20 pm

It it supporting itself, or is there some kind of stake?

Taiji · Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:57 pm

That is a good question. Actually, there is a steel fence post behind it that is supporting it. It's the last post of a chain link fence the previous owner had there. I left it there to support this bush.

It seems to send out long vines which is hard to see from the foto. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts.

Taiji · Thu May 26, 2016 9:35 am

Am bringing back this thread since this vine is in bloom again! I know that you folks will be able to tell me what it is now. I still don't know. The flowers are exceptionally sweet smelling, like lilac.

rainbowgardener · Thu May 26, 2016 9:37 am

Wisteria, which is a vine, not a shrub, but a very stout, dense vine.

Taiji · Thu May 26, 2016 10:16 am

Ah, at last! Thank you. Last year when we acquired this property I don't know if it had already bloomed or not, I couldn't remember any blooms. It certainly is dense, last year there was a bird nest in there. I like the fall color it gives too.

purpleinopp · Tue May 31, 2016 7:23 am

Thanks for the update!