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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)

February 26, 2001
08:58 PM

Post #1795

Can anyone identify this shrub? It's a very hardy evergreen shrub. I took these cuttings from our house in Atlanta, and I am trying to root them in a glass of water.

My journal entry is here:

http://davesgarden.com/gj/dave/viewentry/3307.html

It's a very nice and attractive verigiated design, and softwood throughout (no woody stems to speak of).

The cuttings came from a plant that is about 6 feet tall. The plant looks like this year round.

Any hints as to a name for this guy would be appreciated.

Dave

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justmeLisa
Brewers, KY
(Zone 6b)

February 26, 2001
09:21 PM

Post #54506

Looks much like "Aucuba" Gold spot or dust, can't recall which one! One is Acucba japonica 'Picturata' the other is 'Variegata' .. Lisa

This message was edited Monday, Feb 26th 9:29 PM
dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)

February 26, 2001
09:48 PM

Post #54517

Well done, Lisa. I looked that up (changing the genus slightly) and found pictures. They look very similar, but not exact. I may have a different species under this same genus. Shrug. This has /got/ to be this genus for sure, though.
Dave_in_Ontario

(Zone 5b)

June 02, 2009
10:24 PM

Post #6633938

Nana Variegata? I know this is an old post but...
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA

June 09, 2009
08:40 AM

Post #6662772

Did you get a plant out of it ? I have had some luck sticking them in the ground ( potting soil )and keeping damp but for me , hard to root. digger
annmck
Belize
Belize

October 28, 2009
04:04 PM

Post #7217625

Could it be a type of croton? I have seen some that look similar.
growin
Vancouver, BC
(Zone 8b)

October 28, 2009
04:06 PM

Post #7217635

Looks like Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' (aka Gold Dust, Maculata, Puncturata) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/130/
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)

October 28, 2009
06:02 PM

Post #7217974

Definitely Aucuba, not Croton!

Resin
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)

October 28, 2009
06:28 PM

Post #7218061

How many moves ago was this, Dave? Do you even still own the plant? It's fun seeing old threads pop back up, anyway. :-)
Mr_Canthus
Billingshurst
United Kingdom

October 28, 2009
07:49 PM

Post #7218313

Whether it ever has berries or not could give some kind of clue to the cultivar. But it looks like A. j. 'Variegata' to me , just going by the degree of spotiness
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 28, 2009
08:03 PM

Post #7218358

someone needs to remind the originator of this thread that we have strong policies regarding marking your threads solved! LOLROF
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)

October 29, 2009
02:01 AM

Post #7219462

LOL!
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
08:44 AM

Post #7219902

I think 8 years is past the statute of limitations, Trackinsand...grin
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
01:11 PM

Post #7220676

so we can't hang him out to dry? lol
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
03:08 PM

Post #7221038

Whadda ya mean WE, Kimosabe? LOL Somehow, I get the feeling we are free to TRY...grin
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
03:20 PM

Post #7221066

roflol!!! i thought WE are supposed to stick together!
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
03:42 PM

Post #7221132

I will absolutely have your back, and defend your right to chastise Dave right up to the point my login stops working...grin
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
04:20 PM

Post #7221238

yeah, i would definitely stop right BEFORE i went too far (reaching that little toe out)! lol i don't want any blank screens staring me in the face...
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)

October 29, 2009
04:27 PM

Post #7221254

hmm ... this identification thread is almost 9 years old? I wonder if Dave remembered to label his plant? I wonder if he even still has this plant? I wonder if he knows that we are here?

:-)
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
04:28 PM

Post #7221257

i would say, no, no, and yes...lol
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
05:12 PM

Post #7221367

LOL

(Really, really wanting to ask if you noticed the dog in the photo, but deciding that it would probably be safer to just hit send now instead...)
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
06:01 PM

Post #7221474

that wouldn't be shay dog now, would it? LOL (it's been so long, i can't remember if it was spelled shay or shea or if i'm even close!)
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
06:07 PM

Post #7221496

Shey... southwest of the monkey... LOL http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/530015/
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
06:45 PM

Post #7221626

omg, i'm going to read the whole thing tonight. what fun memories. thanks!

for any of you who haven't read this thread, you HAVE to!
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)

October 29, 2009
07:02 PM

Post #7221691

TOO funny! What a great thread - really a hall of fame thread! You HAVE to read it!
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)

October 29, 2009
07:56 PM

Post #7221935

ROFLMBO! I didn't even make it to the half way mark on that thread so someone please tell me, did the person ever come back to tell where exactly her dog was? I keep looking at everyone's pictures of that garden and I THINK I see a Dalmatian on the left side of the picture in the flowers! I wish I could figure out how to do the circles on the photo so I could post it, but it sure looks like a dalmatian from neck up, showing the right side of it's head and face!

Ok ... going back to read the rest of that thread! I love a good mystery! :-)
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
08:23 PM

Post #7222036

i'm not telling...you HAVE to read it!

it's such a funny thread and it's bittersweet to see some of the dg'ers who posted. ginni (tgif) and donna (tuttifruitti) have both passed away. rachel (butterqueen) went mia as did patischell and a few others too. it's neat that their wit and their giggling and kookiness will be preserved forever on DG.
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)

October 29, 2009
08:25 PM

Post #7222046

I just finished reading the entire thread and was laughing so hard all the way down the page! I posted on there and bumped it up!
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 29, 2009
08:43 PM

Post #7222100

i just re-read it too! dinner was late...
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)

October 29, 2009
11:35 PM

Post #7222705

I thought I was posting here but posted on the other thread ... I KNOW I'm seeing a dog! Flowerjen is trying to do the circle thing for me to show what I'm seeing. I'm computer illiterate and don't know how to draw circles on the photo like some of y'all did! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/530015/
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
08:47 AM

Post #7223291

Trackinsand...Kudos to you all for making a simple edit epic...my Grandson took one look at the picture and said "I don't see a dog, but what about the green moose hiding by the tree?" Grin
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
09:48 AM

Post #7223441

i hope Dave is enjoying this thread...
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
12:35 PM

Post #7223843

I see several green meese.
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
12:47 PM

Post #7223877

resin, please use proper names. you know what sticklers we are. Rodentus meesus 'greenii'
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)

October 30, 2009
01:22 PM

Post #7223983

Oh, oh, oh ... are they smiling green meese? I think I see them, really I do! :-)
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
01:29 PM

Post #7224007

Yous guys is gonna git canned!
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
01:46 PM

Post #7224068

Wow... I never realized meese - I mean moose were rodents! I learn something every day in here!


LOL
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
02:45 PM

Post #7224212

And such huge rodents...LOL I have to agree, the plant floating over the back of the impatiens does look very much like a moose having dined on green persimmons...
growin
Vancouver, BC
(Zone 8b)

October 30, 2009
02:49 PM

Post #7224222

I still think it looks like Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'.
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
03:07 PM

Post #7224270

Good on you, Growin...grin. After all this time it is good to know some things are a constant...unless the plant taxonomists have had another brain blip and changed the name. lol
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
03:53 PM

Post #7224402

dave will certainly HAVE to mark this solved one of these days...or growin will die trying! LOL
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
03:56 PM

Post #7224409

Perhaps we should ask Terry to help get the average up...grin
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
04:04 PM

Post #7224446

But why stop all the fun? Dave, don't touch this. hehe

Hap
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
04:38 PM

Post #7224537

yeah, let it run! it beats watching the stock market! lol
Malus2006
Coon Rapids, MN
(Zone 4a)

October 30, 2009
04:50 PM

Post #7224577

For those of you in the United States - Have a Good Trick and Treat tomorrow!
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
04:53 PM

Post #7224591

I'm going as a witch, that way I don't need any costume or make-up! (Or personality change...no wait, that starts with a "B"!)
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
05:01 PM

Post #7224607

i'm going as a hot young thing in the guise of a wrinkled, leathered skin old lady with ace bandages around her knees. i've been wearing this costume for several years now in preparation for the big night tomorrow.
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
05:24 PM

Post #7224687

Practice makes perfect...
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)

October 30, 2009
05:28 PM

Post #7224704

LOL you 2
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
05:31 PM

Post #7224714

Well, speak up..what are you?

Hap
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)

October 30, 2009
05:45 PM

Post #7224753

I will go as a short, fat, frumpy grandma who, by the miracle of modern transportation has landed in a country where she suddenly a really tall, fat, frumpy grandma with !exotic! blond hair and 5X the uh..bra size of the local population.

(It is sooo odd to have people stop and stare in !appreciation! and get that really proud look when I greet them kindly. Yesterday a taxi driver almost ran into a parked car when he got distracted by the blond hair in the van beside him! I'm glad that I didn't notice it until it was over with! DH was thinking that I might need to use a scarf...)
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 30, 2009
05:47 PM

Post #7224755

falling over and on to the floor...
faeden
Richmond, CA
(Zone 9b)

October 30, 2009
06:03 PM

Post #7224799

Ages ago I knew this wonderful, awesome elderly lady named Gracie who was a hoot to be around. One year just prior to Halloween we were in this bar where everyone knew everyone else, and we started talking about Halloween costumes. Gracie said she was going to wear her birthday suit. I said, "Gracie, there's just one problem - you're going to have to iron it first!" And don't you know - she went around asking all the good-looking young guys if they'd help her iron her birthday suit! Everyone just howled, it was so funny.

Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
06:04 PM

Post #7224804

So glad my mind has pictures.
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 30, 2009
06:05 PM

Post #7224809

faeden, did she get any offers. Go, Grace!!
faeden
Richmond, CA
(Zone 9b)

October 30, 2009
06:27 PM

Post #7224874

As a matter of fact, she did! All in fun, of course.
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 31, 2009
11:13 AM

Post #7227071

I will be going as a tall willowy exotic belly dancer...one should always stretch one's imagination whenever possible..LOL
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 31, 2009
11:30 AM

Post #7227139

i'd have to stretch more than imagination to accomplish that feat...lol i do have a belly. does that count?
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 31, 2009
11:33 AM

Post #7227151

It's a start...
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 31, 2009
11:53 AM

Post #7227199

Well, Track it is supposed to be a disguise...grin the only thing I have to contribute to the costume is the belly...lol Oh, and Zils...I have the zils (those tiny finger cymbals) The tallest willowy thing about me is the weeping willow in my neighbor's yard...snort.
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)

October 31, 2009
11:59 AM

Post #7227228

My mind is tall for my 4'11" frame. (Used to be 5'1 1/2")
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 31, 2009
12:03 PM

Post #7227239

nancy, i shrunk too!

zils? who knew? lol
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)

October 31, 2009
12:08 PM

Post #7227251

Yeah, I used to be a 6 ft tall redhead...just not sure which life/dream that was in...grin

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