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Leucothoe davisiae
Leach Botanical Garden
From a comment made by someone else via email and info in the link http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_... - I think that this plant is a California native - but perhaps a landscape plant that is also thriving at the Leach Botanical Garden in Portland. I had an amazing experience at this garden....definitely worth seeking out if you are in Portland. Thanks to Courtney Vengarick Curator/ Gardener, Leach Botanical Garden for help identifying this one.
Spotted on Apr 16, 2010
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011
1 Comment
Could be a tree of the Arctostaphylos species (Bearberry trees, in the family Ericaceae). The flower shape is particular to this family, but I wasn't sure so didn't suggest a species ID. You can take a look here though..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctostaphy...