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Re: [OM] IMG: Old Snowball Bush

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Old Snowball Bush
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:24:45 -0600
Hi Jeff,

I think you have identified the one that I have.  The blooms and leaves look 
very much the same.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Keller" <om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Old Snowball Bush


> I've been thinking about planting a hydrangea. I came across some oakleaf
> hydrangeas at a local nursery. The red leaves on the earlier picture 
> looked
> very similar to yours, but yes the flower clusters seem to always be much
> more conical. Perhaps what you have is viburnum opulus
>
> <http://images.swinburne.edu.au/handle/1111.1/193>
>
> <http://images.swinburne.edu.au/retrieve/30882/Viburnum-opulus.jpg.preview.j
> pg>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Nichols [mailto:jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Old Snowball Bush
>
> No, Jeff, they are an earlier ancestor.  The blooms are different.  See 
> this
>
> linked image of the plant in bloom:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Fashioned+Snowball.jpg.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Keller" <om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Old Snowball Bush
>
>
>> Oak Leaf Hydrangea ?
>> http://www.amazon.com/Oakleaf-Hydrangea-Bush-White-Flowers/dp/B000OCQ9BS
>>
>> Jeff Keller
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Nichols [mailto:jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Old Snowball Bush
>>
>> Thanks, Chuck.  The snowball bush was around before Hydrangeas became
>> fashionable.  I suspect they share some common ancestry.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
>
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