Possibly Ficus elastica, India rubber tree ? The leaves can be variable in appearence.
wheelz,
Feb 4, 12:00am
One of the Metrosideros?
dibble35,
Feb 4, 6:50am
One of the ratas maybe?
serendipity55,
Feb 4, 9:34am
maybe a seedling camelia?
punkinthefirst,
Feb 4, 10:00am
You might have to wait til it flowers. It looks like all of those things. very fine veining in the leaves, though.
chelseabird,
Feb 4, 11:16am
Could it be one of the raphiolepis family?
ruie,
Feb 4, 12:09pm
Thanks everyone for your ideas. I'll pop into a couple of nurseries today to see if they can identify the plant or maybe hopefully even stock it.
ruie,
Feb 7, 5:46pm
I've called into 3 different nurseries & had no luck. None of the staff could identify this plant . one guess was that it might be in the Pohutukawa family but no-one was certain. I've taken a pic of the shrub the cutting was taken from, hoping this might help? Thanks. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/725740599.jpg
maclad,
Feb 7, 6:56pm
That is a very nice plant, interesting, one I have never seen. I would be interested to know what it is . Try posting to Piquant, a very knowledgeable lady, she may know.
maclad,
Feb 7, 7:01pm
Or post a much closer up pic of the last photo. It may help. Also you may care to remove that nasty climbing moth vine in your plant. It is not a goodie.
ruie,
Feb 7, 7:15pm
Hi maclad . yes, I did yank some of that nasty vine out but it's actually not my plant! It's outside a shop I went into the other day!
maclad,
Feb 7, 7:36pm
well done you
ruie,
Feb 21, 11:14pm
Hi maclad . I contacted Piquant who was a bit flummoxed by this one . she was of the opinion it was one of the myrtaceae family & suggested I contact the Botanic Gardens. They identified it as Metrosideros Nervulosa, a plant in the Myrtaceae family, from Lord Howe Island. Now it proving difficult to source the plant . Piquant has given me a couple of contacts to follow up so fingers crossed!
maclad,
Feb 22, 5:45am
Well done both of you, good luck sourcing it.
doree36,
Dec 21, 12:19pm
I have one similar in my garden - a hawthorn will have white flowers and dark purple berries to follow - look it up on google anyway
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