Plant identification

testiclees

testiclees

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roseypeach said:
Thanks, yeah mama was amazing with gardening, that woman could grow anything and did! Banana trees, orchids, trained bonsais, you name it she could grow it. From the time I was a tiny little thing she'd walk me around the yard and tell me all the different plant names and what family they were from. I wish I could remember half of what she taught me.
I'll check those out, thanks for the tip!


I just took several mandevilla, rose, hydrangea and japanese maple cuttings yesterday, hoping to get some good roots. The mandevilla's sell for $30 each no matter where you go, the hydrangeas will be great $5.97 plants if I have success with them. From what I've found out you don't need permission for that, as long as you don't promote them as branded types.

I threw a couple of pieces of this plant we're talking about in some water to see if I can get some roots that way. Here are some shots of the cuttings from the one in question, you can see the colors a lot better, especially in the one with the sun shining on it.

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Most def looks like berberis species.

Japanese maple cultivars are hard to root. There are a few cults that are somewhat easier. Most propagation of acer palmatum, shirasawanum and japonicum, pretty sure, is done by slip grafting.
 
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farmerfischer

farmerfischer

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0913161449a.jpgMy burberry/ barberry. It's pretty big and trying to get it all in the pic is a bitch. Its like it looks green but up close Its this color and mid summer it has red bar shaped berries
 
roseypeach

roseypeach

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farmerfischer said:
View attachment 3779874My burberry/ barberry. It's pretty big and trying to get it all in the pic is a bitch. Its like it looks green but up close Its this color and mid summer it has red bar shaped berries
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Is that variegated? It looks like the leaves have white strips (or stripes) on them..

it is very similar to the bush I have here, although this bush doesn't put out berries that I know of
 
dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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plant pictured looks like a Barberry...Berberis japonica. I can tell you from memory tht all species of Berberis have yellow flowers and yellow pith wood. Cut into it and see.
The plant is very fertile and the birds scatter the seeds which come up everywhere. Thorns. Fantastic fall color. Can be somewhat evergreen.
 
roseypeach

roseypeach

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dannyboy602 said:
plant pictured looks like a Barberry...Berberis japonica. I can tell you from memory tht all species of Berberis have yellow flowers and yellow pith wood. Cut into it and see.
The plant is very fertile and the birds scatter the seeds which come up everywhere. Thorns. Fantastic fall color. Can be somewhat evergreen.
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Thanks Dannyboy, I'll do that and let ya know :)
 
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