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privet air layer

Post by Paulneill »

hi guys

this is a privet air layer i removed about a month ago .
it has shot back well . there was no foliage left on this when i removed it and not a huge amount of roots ether . im planning on shortening the stump farther down to were the black wire is directing the new leader.
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Are you sure its a privet?
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Looks like a Mock Orange to me.
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im 99 percent
it is a hedge growing in my garden it has white flowers and the odd random small red fruit .
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Murraya paniculata.
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55..............................
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Definatly not privet, bark wrong and new shoots wrong. I am with squizzy on this one.

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Yep Murraya
Mine has flowers budding now and will fruit little red balls, Bark is identical

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Re: privet air layer

Post by Paulneill »

silly me i thought all garden hedges were privet.
im happy it is a murraya . thanks guys and and well spotted.
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