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Name: Andrea Reagan Astatula, Florida (Zone 9a) I collect seeds  Kevalsha Feb 9, 2018 6:46 AM CST |
 Is this an Ixora plant? Kevalsha |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b)              purpleinopp Feb 9, 2018 8:18 AM CST |
| It made me think of Ardisia elliptica: Shoebutton Ardisia (Ardisia elliptica) And another plant I don't know very well, Photinia. This is one of many represented in the database: Red-Tipped Photinia (Photinia 'Fraseri') 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The less I interfere, the more balance mother nature provides. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Beverly Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico (Zone 11a)   vitrsna Feb 9, 2018 9:47 AM CST |
Very possibly an Ixora plant. If it blooms you will know for sure. I have never seen one grown as a house plant. You can compare with the photo below growing in my garden. There are a few different species. The one in the photo below is Ixora coccinea. You might be able to grow it outside but i think the general zones are 10 and 11. |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX             porkpal Feb 9, 2018 11:59 AM CST |
| That Ixora has distinctly opposite leaves, Photinia and Ardisia do not. What is the leaf arrangement on the plant in question? Porkpal |
Name: Andrea Reagan Astatula, Florida (Zone 9a) I collect seeds Kevalsha Feb 9, 2018 2:49 PM CST |
| Thank to all of you I wanted to believe it was an Ixora but porkpal has given me food for thought. I would be inclined to believe it is a shoebutton ardisia elliptica. This plant was given to me in the container it is in. I am going to transplant it to the garden and wait for it to bloom. Thanks again, I really appreciate it. Kevalsha |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)          plantladylin Feb 10, 2018 9:03 AM CST |
| My eyesight isn't the greatest but I think I see alternate leaf arrangement on one stem of the plant in question, which would rule out Ixora. It looks a lot like Shoebutton Ardisia which along with A. crenata is listed as a Category I non-native invasive and prohibited here in Florida. Until you can get an exact identification I'd advise against planting it in the garden. More photos and information here: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabit... https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/pl... http://www.fnai.org/Invasives/... ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Andrea Reagan Astatula, Florida (Zone 9a) I collect seeds Kevalsha Feb 10, 2018 8:01 PM CST |
| Thanks plantladylin I will have to get rid of it. I am now into native plants. Kevalsha |
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