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If it is Lonicera it’s the biggest I’ve seen


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Anyone know what this is? I have to climb it to remove a couple of branches over a house on Tuesday. Measures about 35ft and my guess would be Lonicera but if it is I had no idea they grew more than a few feet tall.

Also out of curiosity is the wood good for anything? I kept a couple of 2th sticks from the branches just incase it was as sort after as Box in the wood carving world, this I doubt though.

Any help would be great and if it is Lonicera and you didn’t realise they could get so big here’s proof. cfb8c9a3e821218248d45b15e74d4b34.jpgb910f6220cc2d61d1f4f16de32243a3e.jpge1f175f33cc4c4437dc5d31c27ba94f8.jpg9db4fbfa74d571cafc01f62f0a1e067e.jpg

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Fair enough; hopefully someone will be along soon with the answer.  I don't remember box wood being yellow from the few small cuts I've ever made I have to say.

I wasn't convinced about the leaf arrangement being right; comparing pics from very different sources can be tricky.

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I'm coming round to the 'it's not Box' school of thought:  I'd expect to see more foliage growing straight off such exposed trunks of Box.  And the bark's wrong I reckon.

If it helps this was a Box I encountered this very morning.

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Did you ask the owners if it has ever flowered? It looks like an Azara, possibly Azara microphylla which is also known as a Box-leaf azara. It grows into a small tree and has scented yellow flowers in the spring. Pictures of the bark also look similar.


I didn’t ask unfortunately but I think you may be on to something here. It does seem to be ticking a lot of boxes. It can’t be that common, not in England at least.
Thank you for your input.
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I'm coming round to the 'it's not Box' school of thought:  I'd expect to see more foliage growing straight off such exposed trunks of Box.  And the bark's wrong I reckon.
If it helps this was a Box I encountered this very morning.
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Wow that’s a pretty impressive Box. Yeah I’ve seen large box trees before but this didn’t look the same and as I said the bark colour didn’t have a yellow tinge to it.
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