Flowering currant?

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23-01-2022, 03:37 PM
Is this a flowering currant? which is currently (sic) in full bloom. If so, I want one for my garden as it would cheer me up no end when not much else is flowering. Big Grin


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23-01-2022, 03:43 PM
(23-01-2022, 03:37 PM)Vinny Wrote: Is this a flowering currant? which is currently (sic) in full bloom. If so, I want one for my garden as it would cheer me up no end when not much else is flowering. Big Grin

I think it's Viburnum "Dawn", Vinny.
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23-01-2022, 03:44 PM
It looks more like a cherry to me. But I really don’t know.
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23-01-2022, 04:18 PM
I'd go with a viburnum of some sort as it's in flower now.
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23-01-2022, 06:45 PM
Another Vote for Viburnum.
Flowering currants smell of cats, rub the leaves and they smell of blackcurrants (a bit).
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23-01-2022, 07:03 PM
Strangely, I have a viburnum in my garden somewhere so will have to find it and see if it is flowering. Huh (Wonders, are they hard to take cuttings from?) Rolleyes
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23-01-2022, 07:09 PM
According to this it's scented as well so I will have to have a sniff! Cool

https://www.jparkers.co.uk/viburnum-bodn...e8QAvD_BwE
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23-01-2022, 07:19 PM
Just bought a plant off Amazon as with Prime I get free delivery. Can't be bad at £8.99 delivered. (Wonder whether it will have any flowers on it?) Cool
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23-01-2022, 08:17 PM
Ooh, I have one of those - I was wondering what it was Big Grin

And Googling it just now has also helped me find out that my other shrub that's currently flowering is a winter-flowering honeysuckle, so that's a double win!
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24-01-2022, 12:31 AM
(23-01-2022, 08:17 PM)Proserpina Wrote: Ooh, I have one of those - I was wondering what it was Big Grin

And Googling it just now has also helped me find out that my other shrub that's currently flowering is a winter-flowering honeysuckle, so that's a double win!
I bought a winter flowering honeysuckle last year and I am disappointed that it hasn't flowered this year! Angry
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