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Old 15-05-2008, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by paul m View Post
Thanks, I see what you mean - certainly the flowers .... but aren't the leaves of spindle quite shiny and tough? These were quite soft, but not fleshy. There are quite a few other species of Euonymus ..... I do wish gardeners would label their plants.
I have just gone to investigate what is left of mine, most of the flowers have gone over or been eaten - but the leaves are soft and supple and "feel" downy although they are not. Perhaps this is because they are new leaves, there was no foliage at all on it at the begining of April when I bought it.
Your petals do look more rounded than these though?

here is mine -
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