Question: Hello, my name is Jesse. Next to my driveway, I have four small trees/bushes that grow. I know that two …
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Question
Hello, my name is Jesse. Next to my driveway, I have four small trees/bushes that grow. I know that two of them are rhododendrons but I'm having trouble identifying the other two. They resemble that of a sweet bay or schip laurel, yet when I look closely at the leaves of my trees/bushes, they look apart from those particular trees/bushes. Also, I live in the Connecticut River Valley [in CT] and I've learned that plants such as Sweet Bays are unable to survive our colder winters.
Answer
Dear Artazt, your plant appears to be Ilex glabra (evergreen winterberry). This is a native shrub to the northeast that is also found in the horticultural trade. It will have black berries on the carpellate (i.e., fruit-berring) plants. Best wishes.
