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CountryBoy1981
01-18-2015, 05:04 PM
Can anyone identify this? It is an evergreen shrub/small tree. I've tried looking it up but can't find anything like it.

http://s14.postimg.org/58jvwjux9/ATT00001.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/58jvwjux9/)

crazy banana
01-18-2015, 06:50 PM
Looks like some type of Ilex to me.

CountryBoy1981
01-18-2015, 08:03 PM
It has a tree like structure, i.e. not bushy.

Kat2
01-18-2015, 11:27 PM
Looks like some type of Ilex to me.Same here. Are the leaves prickly? They sure like they are. Are there berries? (Only 1 sex--female?--produce them.) Not all hollies are trees or shrub or creepers or even uprights...nor are rosemary plants...I got skewered years ago for posting about my marvelous new prostate variety...:ha:

CountryBoy1981
01-19-2015, 12:46 AM
The leaves are not prickly at all and there are no berries. I will have to take a better photo. If you click on the photo in the forum it will enlarge.

Kat2
01-19-2015, 01:13 AM
I did click to enlarge; I wasn't very happy with the other pictures on that site.

When I say "prickly" I mean that there are points to the leaves; not all holly plants are treacherous though the Yankee ones are IME if you're raking with bare feet. Berries are only on one gender so you might have a different sex "tree".

Perhaps you need to say where you found this specimen and specify under what conditions it grows. I do know that Ilex grow all over; the seeds are spread by birds. BTW, up north we used them for wreaths (carefully) because they're evergreens.

STEVIE UK
01-19-2015, 10:52 AM
Hi
Here in UK young holly trees are NOT PRICKLY the leaves will get points on when mature. I was going to say it's a holly tree/ bush if it's not it must be one of the family

a.hulva@coxinet.net
01-20-2015, 11:04 AM
:birthdaynana:sCan anyone identify this? It is an evergreen shrub/small tree. I've tried looking it up but can't find anything like it.

http://s14.postimg.org/58jvwjux9/ATT00001.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/58jvwjux9/) Buford Holly

CountryBoy1981
01-20-2015, 05:37 PM
Here are some additional/better photos:

http://s4.postimg.org/fz58h4xop/PART_1421792612462_0120151622.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/fz58h4xop/)
Leaves

http://s4.postimg.org/kxxc9eqvd/PART_1421792626345_0120151621a.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/kxxc9eqvd/)
Stem/Trunk

http://s8.postimg.org/5xjabxk41/PART_1421792636343_0120151621.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/5xjabxk41/)
Underside of Leaves

http://s21.postimg.org/bq1okyhdf/PART_1421792649729_0120151620a.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/bq1okyhdf/)
Leaves

http://s14.postimg.org/uqr3hzgx9/PART_1421792663401_0120151620.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/uqr3hzgx9/)
Full Tree/Shrub

Kat2
01-20-2015, 09:28 PM
Doesn't look at all like the first picture you posted so I'm now perplexed. Ficus benjamina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_benjamina) or something like it would we my totally novice guess now.

a.hulva@coxinet.net
01-20-2015, 10:47 PM
I said it was a Buford Holly, but it may be a Chinese Holly. Try Holly.org

GardenGuy
01-21-2015, 09:41 PM
In my opinion it looks like a Camphor tree. They were introduced from Asia to the US in the 1800s and have become an invasive species where the soils are not to heavy and the winters are mild. Hope this helps! -Kane

CountryBoy1981
01-21-2015, 10:57 PM
In my opinion it looks like a Camphor tree. They were introduced from Asia to the US in the 1800s and have become an invasive species where the soils are not to heavy and the winters are mild. Hope this helps! -Kane

I believe it is camphor. I crushed the leaves and it smells like Vicks. Thanks for your help.