Tree ID and my inability to do so.

FoolsRun

Hello,
I just recently purchased a very nice, very old tree (about 35). It's not in any particular style and it's hasn't been given a chance to fill out very well (I'll post a pic for critique if I can get one taken and scanned), so I expect to have an interesting time training it and changing its look to something more to my style.
What I am a bit confused about is exactly what kind of tree I have here. It was sold as a "snow rose", but I don't think that's right. The tree has a light colored smoothish trunk(smoother than a Fukien Tea, not as smooth as, say, a birch), very small pointed oval leaves, and small white lilly shaped flowers on the tips of some of the new growth.

Any help identifying this tree is very much appriciated. Thanks.

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FoolsRun

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TreeBay

BBNY has a Snow Rose Serissa, that is probably what you have.

http://www.bonsaiboy.com/catalog/product6.html

When & if you can post the photo, keep this thread in mind, that will keep everything together.

Regards,

Matt

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FoolsRun

Hi, thanks for the quick response.
I looked at a snow rose like the one in that picture at the store, and when comparing the flowers on the Snow Rose to the ones on my tree, I'm almost certain that I have something different. The flowers on mine are star shaped and very "deep" (tall, whatever). They look very much like white lillys, like something a really, really tiny hummingbird would enjoy quite a bit.

I'll try to get that picture.

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zeb

It could also be another variety of serissa foetida, Kyoto serissa, for example. There are different kinds of blooms in different varieties.


Zeb

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FoolsRun

I took a look at a few Serissa leaf and flower pictures and I think this might be it. Are there any full sized pictures of whole trees that I could compare? I looked but coulnd't find any (I could very well be blind and the pictures be staring at me from this very page)

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ripsgreentree

FoolsRun: You may very well have better luck compairing your tree to nursery trees, sooner or later you will find your answer.........ripsgreentree

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Tristessa

i rreeeeaaaallllllyyy reeeeaaaaalllllyyyy want a tree like what you're describing. is there anyway i could steal a cutting from your "bonsai in progress?"