Re: mystery shiny leaved shrub
- Subject: Re: mystery shiny leaved shrub
- From: &* C* M* <j*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:20:14 -0700
Some images:
http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/image/?q=080103-1250
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Oleaceae/Jasminum_sambac.html
http://www.toptropicals.com/pics/toptropicals/contest/2004/tt/2/new/
Jasminum-sambac3.jpg
John C. MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23
On May 14, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Diane Whitehead wrote:
I have been growing this shrub for over 30 years in my unheated
greenhouse. I thought it was Vinca rosea, seed of which I had
bought from Park's. It has shiny evergreen leaves and has never
flowered. Today I decided I had waited long enough and began to cut
it down. To my surprise, I found it was flowering. Perhaps it has
done so every year and I never noticed the green flowers.
Can anyone identify it?
I have put a picture on my Picasa account:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ldiane.whitehead/
MysteryEvergreen#
Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate
mild rainy winters, mild dry summers
