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Posted by Eastport_champie z6 Long Island (My Page) on Wed, May 19, 04 at 19:58
| Does anyone know the name of the shrubs that line many of the eastern Long Island highways. They are flowering now, and they have a sweet smell. The leaves tend to be a lighter green color and the foliage is very dense. I see them on sunrise, and out on the L.I.E towards the end, when I am driving to and from work.
just wondering
I guess I could just stop and look closely at them too. |
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- Posted by fable Z7 LI,NY (My Page) on
Wed, May 19, 04 at 22:50
| They may be Sweet Olive or Autumn Olive. Lynne |
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| Autumn Olive. I see them by the sides of Highways all over Long Island. They are just about done flowering now. The flowers are really tiny and open white, then change to a yellow as they age. They smell wonderfull. |
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Unbelievable..I had the same, exact question. I even have one in my yard. Now I know what it is!
Eastport...I'm in Manorville!
Lynn |
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| Thanks everyone for responding, I stopped today between exits 68 and 69 off the L.I.E to look closely at the leaves and flowers. Strangely I was actually thinking that it looked like some sort of an olive leaf. I would love to plant them as a screen, when massed they are pretty dense and have a nice natural shape. Do they sell them around here ? There were actually a few quaking aspens right where I stopped, another of my favorites. I would love to plant some of them too. |
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| they are a lovely, fast growing tree but I think they are now considered invasive in New York. You might want to reconsider. |
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| I was wondering the same exact thing. I posted a question to the name that plant forum about 10 minutes ago. I took this photo while doing some work on the William Floyd Parkway yesterday and was thinking of getting one of these for my yard. Is this what you were referring to? |
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| Autumn Olive is considered invasive but I think the damage is already done. There are so many growing along the highway that I don't see how growing some in a yard is going to add any damage. |
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Oh Rita...We are ever so friendly on this forum, but on certain other forums you would be soundly chastized for espousing such thoughts :-)
LYNN |
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| Yes those are them, I did a little research, and it is in fact the invasive culprit known as Autumn Olive. I agree the damage is already done, as I drive I notice them everywhere. I am sure no one would mind if you dug some up and transplanted them in your yard. I hear they are impossible to kill. Don't quote me on that, I would check first. But the thought surely crossed my mind. I am amazed that there were not any in my extremely overgrown yard when I purchased it. Does anyone want any Lilly of the valley, please let me know, I have tons and I want to get rid of most. |
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Eastport...I'll gladly take some!
Lynn |
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| To all that want lilly of the valley: I live in Eastport, could you guess? All are welcome with spade and buckets to dig as many as you want. my email is mrchampie@optonline.net if you want to set something up thanks Stephen |
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| Around here (Glen Cove) the Autumn Olives grow by the sides of Glen Cove Highway going towards town from the Expressway. They have been there for a very long time as these are large shrubs, almost small trees but too bushy for trees. Yes, I know any comment about growing an invasive can easily get one flammed. :-)) |
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| Russian Olive, which is bigger than Autumn Olive, is what's planted along the LIE, I believe. Although I wouldn't advise using even Autumn Olive in smallish suburban yards, because it gets too big, in large yards (2+ acres) they work great as boundary plantings and scent the entire neighborhood during the spring bloom. We got our Autumn Olives from Musser Forests as bareroot plants (http://www.musserforests.com) and have had no problem whatsoever with reseeding or invasiveness. |
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Here is a link that might be useful: autumn olive/russian olive
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| Those autumn and Rissian olives should start blooming soon. |
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| I have Goumi, which are in the same family as the Russian/Autumn Olives. They stay small, about six feet and make a nice edible berry that I love the taste of, much larger than the berry on the autumn olive. All my Goumi are blooming for the past 4 days or so. I have six of them in a row to form a hedgrow and when you get near that area of the garden, it has the most wonderful sweet scent! This is the first year that I have noticed how nice they smell, although it is the third year they are blooming. Still, this year is the heaviest bloom set so far, so that might be why I never noticed it before. |
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| I woulk say they are are called Russian Olive not Autumn Olive. I bought one just like it at what used to be Cheap Sams. It grows like crazy but smells wonderful. I'm actually thinking of getting rid of it as it seems to be taking over the area. |
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| The LIE going into Suffolk has mixed-color buddleia in the median. Also a sequence of other shrubs, most of which I don't recall right now. The Southern State has Lonicera fragrantissima, a big leafy honeysuckle bush that blooms in early Spring. Small creamy flowers, but noticeable at that season. I know it has a marvelous scent close up, which is a little frustrating when I see it blooming over whole hillsides, out of reach. |
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