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ID Help please...

Posted: February 14th, 2017, 3:44 pm
by Thymetraveller
Wending my way home through Sydney CBD this evening, I happened to notice a row of rather enchanting shrubs along the front of an office building. I paused to admire them, gently caressing their glossy leaves with the very tips of my fingers. At that exact moment a car driving past angrily honked it's horn, causing me to jump in fear. Imagine my horror when I realized that a 6" twig has accidentally come away in my hand.....
To cover my embarrassment, I slipped the incriminating cutting...er...I mean twig...into my pocket and, well, here it is!
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So...can anyone tell me what it is, does it strike from cuttings and has anyone grown it as a bonsai?
Thanks in advance,
Thymetraveller
;@}

Re: ID Help please...

Posted: February 14th, 2017, 3:56 pm
by si90
Hi I'm pretty sure it is a Coprosma repens aka mirror bush. I have one growing from a seedling I found but I'm afraid I don't know how well cuttings take.

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Re: ID Help please...

Posted: February 14th, 2017, 4:39 pm
by melbrackstone
Agree on the Coprosma. :)

Re: ID Help please...

Posted: February 14th, 2017, 7:14 pm
by Thymetraveller
Cheers, chaps!
Coprosma it is! I should have got it from the shiny leaves....
I have seen some very nice examples as bonsai, so let's hope the cutting strikes!

Re: ID Help please...

Posted: February 14th, 2017, 8:57 pm
by Ryceman3
Thymetraveller wrote:...so let's hope the cutting strikes!
What cutting... :lost: ....
Ooooooh, you mean twig! ;)

Re: ID Help please...

Posted: February 15th, 2017, 6:11 am
by Thymetraveller
:lol: