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Tree/bush identification
stevemitchell44
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Hi there was wondering if someone could please help me identify this bush/tree which is coming over the fence from one of my neighbour. the flowers come out in May and June and smell very nice, many thanks
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It's privet ... the same sort that's used in privet hedging ... I love the scent of the flowers ... it reminds me of holidays in Brittany where the hedgerows were full of flowering privet.
A really good plant for wildlife.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privet
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Great thank you that's what I found online but when a lot of people said they didnt like the smell I thought I must have found the wrong plant. I can't see how anyone wouldn't like the smell I love it. See it growing on the walks down to the beachs around bournemouth as well
I love the smell of it, It reminds me of when we lived in London and every house had it for a front hedge.
Don't see it so much down here but I've grown a hedge of it just to screen of the area of garden that has become a bit of dumping ground.
I think some people's sense of smell is different ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.