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Feb 1, 2012 5:41 PM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
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I don't know why you didn't guess blueberry Zuzu, maybe you couldn't see the woods for the trees. Hilarious!

Gaultheria shallon is close, the berries certainly look very close. I don't know if the shrubs shown are in a garden and if they are they would look better than those in the wild. Some shrubs do go pale if they don't have the correct conditions or soil, and if they get too much sun. My neighbour has a shrub which looks similar but I don't have a clue what it is, the flowers are white and small but not dangling tubular flowers. The leaves are leathery and smell strongly of citrus, sort of like tangerine when crushed. It makes smaller red berries but few of them.

When it flowers we should get a better idea. Both Vaccinium and Gaultheria are in Ericaceae! A look through some of the genera there might reveal something closer.

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