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This is Pittosporum tobira. Superficially similar to one of the many laurels, but needs different conditions. From California, needs warmth to do well.
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Wonderful - I had a funny idea that it might be a pittosporum but did not know where to start. I have tentatively identified it as Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Variegatum'. On this website at: https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/pittosporum-tenuifolium-variegatum
Thank you to everyone who answered.
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I won't claim to be too clever and know this one but I found the answer in another forum post so I will let you know it is Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Variegatum'.
The post was on 27th April Fragrant shrub against west facing wall
Photo from Tim Williams.
Nic
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Hi Tim, some great suggestions from our social media:
"Flower looks like a Pittosporum but leaf not quite ok but could be new leaf."
"Pittosporum"
"Variegated pittosporum x"
"The leaves look like a variegated Weigela"
Hope that helps?
Thanks Nicola
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Yes to Fatsia japonica (not a fig).
The other looks more like a Pittosporum to me than a Spiraea - although there are Spiraea that colour. if the leaves are tough and glossy it isn't Spiraea.
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Hi Kate, a suggestion for you from our social media followers
"I think it is Hebe stenophylla. If so, can be pruned to shape or hard back in April (over 2 years)."
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Extensive googling has led me to these two plants but I may be way off the mark. What is this? 1.5m tall, woody stems that partly look dead and snap off easily despite having new growth coming from them
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Looks like a Pittosporum tenuifolium to me - the screen shot is below
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Hi It's Pittosporum tenuifolium. Most people grow it as a large shrub, but given enough time it forms a really great evergreen tree!
Sorry to hear it got damaged. Might be worth reshaping the whole plant and letting it regrow as a whole. Prune after the worst of the frosts have passed, but not too late into the spring or you'll miss that first bit of regrowth!
Hope that helps.
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It is nice to get some descriptions, how tall etc. The first picture is not very clear, could be a conifer or santolina, the 2nd is a hebe, the 3rd could be pittosporum.
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Looks like Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'.
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I agree with Nicola that the pictures are very unclear, but the first is almost certainly a Hebe, the second could be a pittosporum or cornus and the third looks like Thuja (or some other similar conifer.
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The variegated plant looks like a Pittosporum to me, but I am not an expert on varieties.
The other blue flower is a variety of Campanula - but again, there are many varieties. (There's some bindweed in amongst it too!)
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I agree that the third photo appears to be a variegated Pittosporum.
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the first picture looks like daphne odora marginata, the second might be the variegated pittosporum.
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I think the pale leaved one is a Pittosporum - but not expert enough to identify variety. The other has me beaten.
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Are you in a place that doesn't get severely cold winter weather - there's a hardy Gardenia (Kleim's hardy) and a delightful plant called Pittosporum tobira (there seems to be a variety called 'nanum' and a variegated one!). I've never seen a dwarf Choisiya, and Ceanothus has only a light scent.
Do you want the scent in summer?
Maybe Sarcococca humilis (sweet box) might do if you want scent earlier in the year.
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Thank you for your suggestions Anna, Maggie and Andrew
I think the suggestion of the pittosporum tenuifolium is probably correct - mystery solved!
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My first guess would be a holly, its difficult to see the buds,if you had a picture of them, it would help to narrow it down, also underside of leaf and close up of leaf surface. Second guess would be a Pittosporum, P. tenuifolium 'Gold Star' looks very similar though leaf is possibly smaller.