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unknown shrub

9 years ago

Does anyone know what kind of shrub is in this picture? It's about 4 feet high and the same in diameter. The picture was taken in February. The buds opened into tiny white flowers. I'm in Zone 7, in Ashland, Oregon. I've never watered it much, and the summers here are very dry, so it seems drought tolerant.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
9 years ago
Viburnum tinus, most likely the cultivar 'Spring Bouquet' (aka 'Compactum').
zog gop thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
Embothrium
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Zone 7 for Ashland is the Sunset Zone, of course, and not the USDA Zone. Leaves of plant shown are too pointed and glossy for the longtime Spring Bouquet* ('Compactum') sold by Monrovia, which I think of as the "true" item merely because that is what I saw under the name for decades. Until probably at least two other cultivars appeared on the local market in recent years, also offered as 'Compactum'.

*The cultivar is 'Compactum', with Spring Bouquet being a selling name and not a cultivar name
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Form and Foliage
9 years ago
Per USDA, Ashland actually has two zones in their system, 7b and 8b.

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