Mystery Monday - Name That Shrub!
Monday June 22, 2009
Last week's tree was guessed correctly by John. It's a fruit called a limequat. This one was a cross between a Key lime and a kumquat. There's also lemonquats and orangequats. The calamondin is a cross between a sour mandarin and a kumquat. Congrats, John!
Clues for this week:
- Notice the pink? Those aren't flowers - the leaves on this shrub can be shades of pink, green and white
- The bark turns red in the winter, so you will continue to have color year round with this shrub.
- This plant is dioecious.
Can you name one of the prettiest shrubs out there? Good luck!
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Image © Fleta Williams
I had one of these once, lost it to a bad winter. It’s a Hakuru Nishiki Willow.