What is This Plant?

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October 28, 2015 by dorannrule

I should probably know such things but in admiring beauty and color I tend to forget who plants really are.

Eliza?

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on October 28, 2015 at 6:36 am | Reply ritaroberts

I think this is a Fuschia plant Dora.

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- on October 29, 2015 at 12:35 am | Reply dorannrule
  
  You are very close with the Fuschia guess Rita, but after looking up other responses, only one fits perfectly and that’s the Spindle Berry. I never heard of it either.
  
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on October 28, 2015 at 7:49 am | Reply Kate Crimmins

Crepe myrtle?

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- on October 29, 2015 at 12:32 am | Reply dorannrule
  
  The color is right for a crepe myrtle but this wasn’t a tree – more like a shrub.
  
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on October 28, 2015 at 10:26 am | Reply Jill Weatherholt

It looks like a Magnolia Ann flowering tree. Whatever it is, it’s beautiful!

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- on October 29, 2015 at 12:30 am | Reply dorannrule
  
  Wow! I looked that up and it does look a lot like the Magnolia Ann but this was not a tree – more like a big shrub. It might be Spindle Berry.
  
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on October 28, 2015 at 10:33 am | Reply Seasweetie

Is it a plant or a tree? It looks rather like fuschia, but I’ve never seen one so large.

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- on October 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | Reply dorannrule
  
  The closest guess so far is Spindle Berry… but I agree, it resembles fuschia.
  
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on October 28, 2015 at 1:18 pm | Reply Anne Mehrling

I know what it is. It is beautiful. No clue on the name, though. Good luck.

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on October 28, 2015 at 1:49 pm | Reply Eliza Waters

I guess you are testing me, hmmm? 😉 Spindle berry (Euonymus europaeus). The fruit is very poisonous, so care should be taken around young children and pets.

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- on October 29, 2015 at 12:24 am | Reply dorannrule
  
  Not a test Eliza – just high respect for your knowledge of the plant kingdom. P.S. Yours is the most accurate identification of the Spindle Berry after I checked out several others. I am relieved to have the answer but sorry it is not a good plant for kids and animals. It was actually along a fence on a tourist walk of one of the original old farmsteads in the Black Forest.
  
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  - on October 29, 2015 at 2:39 am | Reply Eliza Waters
    
    I’m relieved to hear it was in Germany. I’ve read that it has been introduced to the US and has become invasive (it is a relative of burning bush). The birds eat the fruit and spread the seed.
    
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    - on October 29, 2015 at 5:30 am | Reply dorannrule
      
      Hate it that something so attractive has poisonous fruit and is also invasive. Sigh. But thanks so much for recognizing it and the history. 🙂
      
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on October 28, 2015 at 3:18 pm | Reply pattisj

I don’t know, but I like the profuse color.

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on October 29, 2015 at 4:32 am | Reply Mama's Empty Nest

I don’t know either, but it is pretty!

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