View Full Version : Any gardeners out there that know the name of this Shrub please
We have two of these standard bushes and have lost the name tag and haven't a clue what they are called!!! They are now flowering profusely and Mr O thinks it's the time to cut them back, but I like the flowers and if he does that they will just look "green" :sad: I just need to a name to find out how and when to trim them back ...
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Help anyone please :)
hatethem
13-11-11, 01:10 PM
think it may be an evergreen hydrangea........Hydrangea Seemanii. Check on the net just to be sure;)
TILLEY HALL
14-11-11, 05:58 PM
We have two of these standard bushes and have lost the name tag and haven't a clue what they are called!!! They are now flowering profusely and Mr O thinks it's the time to cut them back, but I like the flowers and if he does that they will just look "green" :sad: I just need to a name to find out how and when to trim them back ...
14291428
Help anyone please :)
They look to me like Viburnum Tinus. They are a winter flowering shrub with beautiful white flowers that light up the darkest winter days. To me it would be senseless destruction to ruin a dazzling winter display by cutting off such fabulous flowers. The shrub is tough and will survive come what may but people normally want to enjoy the flowering season of a shrub rather then cut off the flowers for the sake of mere tidying. You can always trim it later on in the spring after it has finished flowering.
could it be vibernum gwenllian. lt has red buds that open into white flowers. quite stunning.
Thank you so much for the information they both look very similar Mysty & Tilley Hall! Yes I would definitely say it is one of those :thumbs: The flowers are staying :yes: the pruning can now wait til spring ;) Thanks again