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Re: SOLVED! Ilex crenata 'Rotundifolia' (Japanese Holly) - Thanks for the help

Yeah, the leaves are alternating on the stems, so it's not a boxwood. I think Japanese holly is a good ID as katie wrote (Ilex crenata).

posted: 11:51 am on July 11th

Re: WHat Plant is this?

The key to the ID is the form/shape of the flower. ALthough the pic is distant, it looks like it displays FOUR petals (which rules out all roses as well as loropetalums and the beebalm).

The fountain shape of the shrub (this is a woody plant so it can't be a kalanchoe.

It's some species of mockorange (Philadephus). Do you happen to know where this plant is in the US? You said you took the picture from someone else--are they in the American West or Pacific Northwest by chance? There are some very nice species mockoranges native to northern California, Oregon, Idaho, etc.

posted: 11:45 am on July 11th