What Is This Plant?

[shivvy]

It is 2-3 m tall, smooth green leaves and white points at the end made up from lots of tiny white flowers.

[RATTER15]

Any chance of a photo?

[shivvy]

Hmm not great at the technology side of things Ratter!

The flowers at the end are a triangle shaped cluster of tiny white flowers.

[eanceoil]

This site might help if you can't provide a picture http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/index.html

[RATTER15]

Are we talking a plant or a shrub?

9ft high is tall for a plant

[Tilly2]

Is it one of these?
http://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/a42169150f6b49cb_3708-w618-h428-b0-p0--home-design.jpg

[Prudie]

Do you mean the flowers come out directly from the end of a leaf, must be something unusual?

[Chipchopper]

Not an awful lot to go on shivvy,

What shape are the leaves are they fleshy or thin ?

[shivvy]

Is anything that grows not called a plant?!

If a plant is shorter than 2-3m then I reckon it is a shrub. To be honest I've never really thought about the terminology before.

Not much good at the technology or the gardening!

[shivvy]

The leaves are very thin and are nearly heart shaped.
Each of the tiny flowers that make up the clusters have 4 little leaves.

[Prudie]

shivvy can you confirm to give us more help, as I said,if you picked off a leaf are the flowers coming straight out of the leaf itself?

[RATTER15]

I think a shrub is defined as a tree with multiple trunks, with woody growth. Loosely speaking.

[shivvy]

Sorry Tilly and Prudie - I didn't see your answers earlier.

No tilly that isn't it :o(

Im trying to get a pic up via photobucket in a wee while.

I think it is a really common 'plant'.

[Robinia]

White lilac?

[Prudie]

From translating shivvy's description I think you could well be right Robinia. I've got thrown by the flowers at the end of leaves thing.

[Tilly2]

White Lilac seems good, Robinia. It's a shame that shivvy didn't mention the fragrance......:-)

[shivvy]

Yippee! White lilac it is! Thanks so much to everyone for your patience with my lack of picture and poor descriptive skills and special thanks to Robinia.

[shivvy]

I didn't honestly notice a fragrance Tilly.

[Robinia]

:)

[Tilly2]

BA to Robinia........and thank goodness it wasn't a Robinia......

My white lilac fragrance nearly knocks me off my feet. It's wonderful.

[Tilly2]

I have a Robinia in my garden.