Midlothian, United Kingdom
It is a small tree or bush, very smooth, shiny green lemon shaped leaves, It has red and green berries all year and has small white flowers in spring - what is it?
- 5 Aug, 2010
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Wild guess without a pic, but could it be a Skimmia? The unripe berries are green and visible for quite a bit of the year.
5 Aug, 2010
Difficult without a picture, and specific times (all year?), but what about buckthorn, the fruit of which is quickly formed, and takes a while to ripen, ofen with berries at various stages. Flowers are small and greenish, though.
Phil J
5 Aug, 2010
Ah, had a thought - nandina domestica, that might fit with the berry thing. Try looking that up.
Phil J
5 Aug, 2010
Nandina doesn't work too well with the "lemon-shaped" leaves. though. Maybe one of the smooth-leaved holly hybrids?
5 Aug, 2010
Could be one of the Cotoneasters even....
6 Aug, 2010
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Photo would be useful here - red and green berries all year? Weird... many berrying shrubs have white flowers in Spring, not many have berries all year, whatever colour they are.
5 Aug, 2010