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Offline MargeSimpson

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Puzzle No 5
« on: October 11, 2006, 12:17:22 AM »
Here's fairly common shrub to ID.


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Re: Puzzle No 5
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2006, 10:01:29 PM »
Nice photo!
Is it an Escallonia Marge?
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Re: Puzzle No 5
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2006, 08:49:03 PM »
Yip - Escallonia laevis 'Golden Brian'     

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Re: Puzzle No 5
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2006, 11:50:13 PM »
I'd have guessed a long time before getting the variety right Sonya!

Theres a plant in our Master Database and in the RHS Plant finder called Escallonia laevis 'Gold Brian' 
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Databases/HortDatabase.asp?ID=59051
Do you think its the same plant?