On 8/2/08 07:58, in article
, "Dave
Poole" wrote:

Try Leucothoe axillaris, because that's what it is. Stachyurus is a
genus of deciduous shrubs/small trees, which discounts it in the first
place. Give the plant another few weeks for the flowers to develop
fully because the photograph portrays one that has a little way to go
yet. As the inflorescence develops, the basal bracts dehisce and are
not normally present by the time the flowers have reached maturity.

Well, at least I know that I haven't lost my mind and that I did recognise
it, even if I couldn't complete the circle with any certainty!
--
Sacha
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South Devon
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