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Please help me identify this - random cutting I took!

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PinkPencilCase · 20/07/2022 15:49

See the pictures below. I can't remember where I took it from but I'm pretty sure I grew it from a cutting. It's evergreen and hasn't flowered so far.

Does anyone know what it is please? I don't want to plant it anywhere without knowing if it's invasive, how big it might get etc.

Thanks!

Please help me identify this - random cutting I took!
Please help me identify this - random cutting I took!
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PerseverancePays · 20/07/2022 15:54

Could it be a Japanese quince? Although I think it would have flowered by now if it was.

MereDintofPandiculation · 20/07/2022 16:00

Without thinking too hard about it, japanese quince (Chaenomeles) or Pyracantha?

ErrolTheDragon · 20/07/2022 16:08

I can't tell from the photo, is it thorny?

PinkPencilCase · 20/07/2022 16:20

@ErrolTheDragon it does have a few sharp twig ends but it's not thorny along the stem like a rose bush

Thanks for the ideas so far, will look them up...

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longtompot · 20/07/2022 16:41

Looks like a pyracantha to me. They have spiny ends to branches as opposed to thorns along the stem like a rose does

RatherBeRiding · 20/07/2022 16:43

Cotoneaster or pyracantha?

ErrolTheDragon · 20/07/2022 16:58

longtompot · 20/07/2022 16:41

Looks like a pyracantha to me. They have spiny ends to branches as opposed to thorns along the stem like a rose does

Yes, I thought it looked like one of those spiny ends on the second photo.
Does quince have those?

MereDintofPandiculation · 21/07/2022 08:22

I think the leaf shape is a bit wrong for Japanese quince, but as I said, I haven’t looked properly

Yamadori · 22/07/2022 15:39

Looks like a pyracantha to me. Leaf shape right, growth habit right, and the new branch appears to be extending with a thorn at the tip.

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