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ok im pretty hopless at shrubs, these plants where in my garden when i moved in, other than the one ive called the evil thorn, could any of you help me identitfy these shrubs for me please, ive only done close up piccies not the whole plant but i could try and put some more on here if anyone's not sure

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right thats first 5, thanks for the tip seasprout ive probably made them too small now but heres the rest i need solving

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hello,the first one looks like a Photinia, the fourth one looks like a large Cordyline .The others are not clear from the photos, have you got all these in your garden?Quite a selection.

In the first batch, 3 is euonymus, 4 is ceanothus (I think) and 5 is Mahonia (Oregon Grape)

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4 is definitely a ceanothus
8 could be a clematis or a honeysuckle??

Might be wrong - the photos are a bit dodgy!!!!

1.Lillac?
2.Pittospernun
3.Euonymous
4.Ceanothus
5.Mahonia
6.Photinia
7.Blackthorn?
8.Virginia creeper?
9.Cordyline

Maybe post us some more piccies as they grow leaves

1. Spirea?
7. Shrub Honeysuckle - Lonicera fragantissima?

Be fun to see what they turn out to be!!

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1, fuschia

3. Privet?
5. Mahonia (I think there edible)
7 quince

sorry bout the photo i thought close up would be better number 8 is a toughy as it hasnt come out yet deffinatly not a clematis for i have 2 of them. and one isnt a fushia as i have one of them too. I was fortunate to have a biggggggg garden even though im a bit lost on what to do with it as i'm used to tiny yard but will post more piccies during working progress, none produce fruit and they are all big and bushy if that helps at all all i can do is wait till the others have come out more and post more piccies number 9 i though was a twisted hazel because of the way it wraps round everything has no flowers just light green coloured flat leaves, again i'm hopless, if that helps at all im going to google the rest of the suggestions and see which ones matches hate not knowing stuff will post which ones right then puzzle over the others. many thanks guys

(piccy 3) deffinatly euonymus fortunei emerald'n'gold,
(piccy 4)californian lilac ceanothus.
(piccy 5 ) i call this the evil plant as it gives me a rash when i prune (if you can call it pruneing you need a chainsaw to get though the bugger) is deffinalty mahonia.
(piccy 6) photinia "red robin" i love this one looks better now i pruded it was all spindley when i moved in
(piccy 9 ) cordyline mountain cabbage tree. another one thats a pain anyone have any ideas what i can do with the forever shedding leaves as they don't compost
1, 2, 7, and 8 to go i thought 2 was a pittosporum still trying to find a piccy that looks like it though
great many thanks to everyone n.b. seems vicky knows her shrubs we know who to hassel next time
these shrubs are huge so if anyone wants some cuttings i dont mind experimenting and posting

piccy 2 pittosporum purple deffinalty could 7 be damson blossom ?? you think ive seen so many blossoms now im confused

hang on damson ?! fruit?! mine doesnt produce fruit ???

I think 7 is probably some sort of 'wild' plum/damson/sloe type thing. I thought it had thorns? Hence Blackthorn.
Is there a fruit tree/wild hedge nearby that it could sucker from?
Go on, give us some more photos!

Number one is Spiraea "Goldflame".

No 3 is def a pieris (very pretty and worth keeping if it's in the right place) and no 5 is def a mahonia (nasty spiky thing that when it loses its leaves they don't rot down and years later you get spiked, but it does give yellow colour in winter when there isn't much else to flower)

no idea on the others!

janeyo

had another look at the pics and no3 is no longer a pieris but one of those plants they always put in supermarket carparks to fill the space quickly.

I think you've got

1. Spirea 'Goldflame'
2. Pittisporum
3. Euonymus (probably Emerald and Gold)
4. Ceanothus
5, Mahonia
6. Photinia
7. Difficult - could be winter honeysuckle as someone else suggested, but the flower also could be plum family.
8. Hmm.... it could even be a wisteria, but I think we'll have to wait to see the leaves
9. Cordyline

Hope that helps.

hey ok back again
no1 piccy from first post has come out a bit more so i've put some more up also more of no7 and 8,no 7 has finished flowering really now but i mangaged to get a close up deffinatly has no thorns and also im assumeing is a clematis growing up it ekk, no 8 hasnt really come out yet so ive just put a piccy of a bud up. good luck nearly there guy many thanks for helping me with the rest
first 2 piccies in this post are from the same plant (no 1) last 3 piccies in this post plant are plant (no 7) from original post ( if you follow that )

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piccies for plant no 8 from original post

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I'm sticking with plant 1 = lillac
Plant 7 = some sort of plum/greengage - you said it hadn't produced fruit?
Plant 8 = Aggghhh I don't know (and I hate to admit that!) Post another piccie when that bud opens!

ok number 8 the last shrub is now in full leaf with its teen flower buds com on vicky you know ts gonna really bug you what is it its the best piccies i could take was a breezy day this is the last shrub that needs to be indentified

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You wicked tease!!!
It's really bugging me, I don't know what it is!

Celastrus orbiculatus (Look in the section on the left, esp the flowers and leaves)

Think I've got it!
Celastrus orbiculatus
Chinese Bittersweet, Oriental Bittersweet

Have a google of it, seems it has nice berries but a tendancy to be invasive...

(I admit to being a plant geek!)