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Earlier today, I found 2 small plants under the trees at the far end of the garden, no doubt a gift from the birds. Both of them look rather familiar, but I don't know what they are. I would be most grateful for any help.
I'm terribly sorry the speckled one is out of focus but, hopefully, still recognisable. 
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I think the first one is a cotoneaster.
I agree ... the first looks like cotoneaster (horizontalis maybe?)
The second looks like my bete noir ......... Acuba japonica
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you, Fidget. I do have a cotoneaster but the leaves are entirely different. The one I found has small, almost sphaerical leaves; my old one has rather sword-shaped, much larger leaves, even when they're very young. Unless, of course, there are several kinds of cotoneaster, which is most probable.
Thank you, Dove. I have just googled your suggestion and I think you're right.
I blush to admit that I had never heard the name of this plant before but I'm sure I've seen it around!
Often used in municipal plantings ... I loathe it
It looks to me as if it's been splashed with yellow emulsion by a careless decorator
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ha! I like your comparison, Dove.
I must confess, I don't find speckled or variegated plants appealing either. They look a tad sick!
There are some variegated plants I like ... but they are few and far between. Ilex aquifolium Argentea Marginata is, in my opinion, the most gorgeous holly there is
and where would we be without all those luscious variegated hostas
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm sure Fidget is right re the Cotoneaster, there are many
In the sticks near Peterborough
I would agree about some hostas, Dove.
I agree also that some hostas look fine!