tree identification

lulo wrote:

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JimLewis wrote:I think that sometimes, when you find something with small leaves, you might collect even before you are certain of its species.  After all, beginning care for a collected evergreen is pretty much the same; it only might begin to differ when you start trying to shape and control the tree.  

That said, I went back to my books, and I still doubt that it is a boxwood -- though B. semipervirens does grow wild in your area (and, by the way, I kind of envy the ability to find a WILD boxwood; they're nonexistent where I live).  Still, boxwood leaves -- all species for which I have leaf illustrations (including semipervirens) -- at least have flattened tips, and many have indentations on the end.

Privet (Ligustrum) may be the solution.

dave wrote:

JimLewis wrote:I think that sometimes, when you find something with small leaves, you might collect even before you are certain of its species.  After all, beginning care for a collected evergreen is pretty much the same; it only might begin to differ when you start trying to shape and control the tree.  

That said, I went back to my books, and I still doubt that it is a boxwood -- though B. semipervirens does grow wild in your area (and, by the way, I kind of envy the ability to find a WILD boxwood; they're nonexistent where I live).  Still, boxwood leaves -- all species for which I have leaf illustrations (including semipervirens) -- at least have flattened tips, and many have indentations on the end.

Privet (Ligustrum) may be the solution.

Yes I have a hard time with 3 meter tall boxwoods growing wild on a hillside in albania.This is my biggest stumbling block with buxus.Much easier for me to imagine privet.The good news is Lulo you will find out for sure when it flowers.So not to worry just keep it alive.Either way you are going to have the potential for a large beautiful specimen.