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whitish flowered tree/shrub IDd as Clerodendrum chinense by Oron

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MikeHardman

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whitish flowered tree/shrub IDd as Clerodendrum chinense by Oron
« on: November 09, 2011, 05:37:45 PM »
There were a few specimens of this tree/shrub growing along a plot boundary in Polis, along with pecans, lemons and other things. The leaves are quite large and the flowers occur in small clusters. The flowers were sweetly scented, I think. I don't have a clue what this is. I have not seen it anywhere else. I took the photos today.
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I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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Re: whitish flowered small tree / large shrub
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 09:28:42 PM »
Mike it is Clerodendrum chinense.

Syn. C. phillipinum var. pleniflorum, C. fragrans var flore-pleno.
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Re: whitish flowered tree/shrub IDd as Clerodendrum chinense by Oron
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 08:01:51 AM »
Thank you again, Oron. I've never even heard of the species.
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Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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Re: whitish flowered tree/shrub IDd as Clerodendrum chinense by Oron
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 08:34:07 AM »
Perhaps not a shrub for everyone's wants list, Mike, in spite of its fragrance; it's not really happy in places with winter temperatures falling below about 10 deg C, and as it's mainly a summer-flowering subtropical it does need summer watering.
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Alisdair Aird
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