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Plant ID please

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Dilbertian · 16/06/2022 19:20

Planted itself in a pot that was knocking around. Somebody gave me a pot plant that died and I dumped it outside intending to empty it, but never got around to it. This has been growing in the pot at least two years (yes I'm a gardening slattern) and is definitely not the original plant, which was something bushy and purple daisy-like. This is some sort of shrub, I think. Multiple stems, so not a tree. Any ideas?

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LostAndLonely2022 · 16/06/2022 19:59

The stems look a bit like my young dogwood, though the leaves look shinier so not sure about that.

FuzzyPuffling · 16/06/2022 20:02

Pittosporum?

Yiayoula · 16/06/2022 20:13

Plant identifier app is suggesting glossy privet, for both photos.

CherryReid · 16/06/2022 20:27

Awwww, these apps spoil the challenge.

Dilbertian · 16/06/2022 20:58

I could believe it is a ligustrum lucidum, except that most of the descriptions state that the leaves are much larger. I thought maybe this one has small leaves because it is young, but the picture implies not.

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Pinkywoo · 16/06/2022 21:33

It looks a bit like a magnolia, never heard of them self seeding though!

Dilbertian · 16/06/2022 23:24

Also, the untrimmed privet hedges round here all starting to flower, and this one has not even any buds. I don't recall it ever flowering. (But then I've never watered it, either.)

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MereDintofPandiculation · 17/06/2022 15:22

LostAndLonely2022 · 16/06/2022 19:59

The stems look a bit like my young dogwood, though the leaves look shinier so not sure about that.

Leaf veins wrong. Dogwood has a characteristic vein pattern. The other interesting thing about dogwood veins is that if you gently pull a leaf in half but only a few millimetres, the stickiness of the veins is enough to hold the weight of the pulled-off part - see here

CherryReid · 19/06/2022 08:01

Could it be prunus Portuguese laurel
Looks a bit pale though - perhaps in need of feed

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