[solved] pink flowers, narrow leaves?

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[solved] pink flowers, narrow leaves?

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Hi there, I have a shrub growing wildly that I took a cutting of, and I have no idea what it is.

The leaves are narrow, almost needle shaped. They're very "soft" and flexible though, and don't stick into you like a juniperus squamata would. The bark is smooth, and despite the tree pushing 80cm tall, there's not much thickness to it. It had pink, tiny flowers (about 5-7mm across) but they have mostly dissipated now. The crown of the shrub is rounded, but it's a bit hard to tell as there's another shrub behind it which is slowly taking over it.

The reason I ask is because I took a cutting of said tree, and left it in a pot for a month or so, and it started to yellow. I figured I was unsuccessful in propagating it, but (due mostly to laziness) I didn't remove it. I had a look at it today while I was watering my other trees and lo and behold - it has a sprout! I immediately gave it some fertiliser, but now I'm worried that I'll kill it if it's an Australian native.

Here's some pictures:
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Any help would be much appreciated :)
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Re: [ID] pink flowers, narrow leaves?

Post by MattA »

It is a Diosma, not native so no fear of using the wrong fertiliser. However, if it has taken & has some small new roots they could easily be burnt off by any feeding.
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Re: [solved] pink flowers, narrow leaves?

Post by Mellenoire »

Thanks for replying - good thing I used granules, just plucked them back out. Hopefully burn damage will be minimal. Hm, if I'd known it would take I would have used a fatter part of the branch. Ah well, hopefully this will take off!





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