Can you tell me exactly which culitivar it looks like??
Also does it suffer from some form of root rot possibly?
There was a bunch of these planted in a row which died. Trying to find out if there is something in the soil which caused it or what.
Thanks for your answers!
2007-10-23 05:39:01 · 6 answers · asked by I like you 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
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2007-10-23 05:42:25 · update #1
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2007-10-23 05:42:42 · update #2
I think it's Japanese Holly, Ilex crenata. I'm not sure I could tell you the cultivar, but I would hazard a guess: 'Hetzii' or 'Convexa' - they are just guesses, being fairly easy to obtain in the market.
Japanese Holly does look alot like boxwood (Buxus), however the leaves on Japanese Holly are thicker and usually cupped. Boxwood has an 'interesting' smell when cut or bruised.
I hope that this helps
2007-10-24 09:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Difficult to say as the pictures are not clear enough. Need a close up of the leaves. Magnifying the existing photos, increases the camera shake and obsures rather than clarifies.
Might be a type of Escallonia or a Pittosporum but as the edges of the leaves are or appear to be, serrated, it would not be a Pittosporum. Seems to be some dead roots but Escallonia are tough plants so any root die-back likely to be because of unsuitable ground conditions, excess waterlogging, extremes of soil ph, compaction etc. If you or anyone you know belongs to the RHS, you can send a sample or a root cutting for analysis.
Easier to identify possibly with close-up of leaves, preferably without camera-shake, (fast shutter speed).
The Plantsman
2007-10-26 05:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It lokos a little like Boxwood. I'm concerned about what's under those pebbles AND what that gate is for-- looks like there may have been something applied to that area that possibly leached into the soil .
Do you have an Extension service (agricultural-- they have em just about everywhere in the US) in your area? They could test the soil and possibly some of the samples of the bark.
2007-10-23 09:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by aattura 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
looks like a small privet (Ligustrum) or a box (buxus) both very common for hedging, it may well just be very old, it looks like it has lots of old wood growth in the middle
2007-10-25 08:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by chris a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Er...I think that's marri-joo-arna dude
2007-10-23 06:41:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
japanese holly
2007-10-24 09:16:59 · answer #6 · answered by glenn t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋