1. Can't tell what the shrub is but there's some bindweed (or maybe black bryony) growing up it 2. Camellia is another possibility. Have you seen any flowers on it? 3. Teucrium fruticans at the bottom left, Buddleia top left. Don't know about the dead-looking thing above/right - possibly a fuchsia magellanica going by the growth habit, or some old dead branches from the teucrium? 4. I'm not familiar with that one. 5. Variegated eleagnus with a lot of reverted plain green branches? Or are there two different plants there?
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I agree with Madpenguin on the list. I think photo number 2 is Viburnum Tinus. All can be pruned in late winter into spring, but you will be losing flowers on the Viburnum.
1. No idea 2. Prunus lucitanicus. I feel pretty sure NOT edible Bay ( Laurus nobilis) 3. Teucrium 4.Pittosporum 5.Eleagnus, green but maybe a variegated mixed in or reverted stems. Defo eleagnus though. On 2. nothing to compare the leaf size with, but it looks a little wide for edible Bay. Viburnum i would not argue as I don't grow that one, but think I may be wrong as Prunus lusitanicus has a reddish? hue to newer stems . It looks too glossy for edible bay. Just looked at tinus images, and it does look like it.
Rubytoo, I had a look again, and still go for Viburnum Tinus. The leaves look smooth edge and there are small flowerbuds on bottom right corner and middle left side. They look smaller because it looks like it's been pruned recently. Prunus Lusitanica has slightly tooth edge leaves.
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1.Cotoneaster?
2.Viburnum or Bay?
3.Teucrium?
4.Pittosporum
5.Eleagnus
1. Can't tell what the shrub is but there's some bindweed (or maybe black bryony) growing up it
2. Camellia is another possibility. Have you seen any flowers on it?
3. Teucrium fruticans at the bottom left, Buddleia top left. Don't know about the dead-looking thing above/right - possibly a fuchsia magellanica going by the growth habit, or some old dead branches from the teucrium?
4. I'm not familiar with that one.
5. Variegated eleagnus with a lot of reverted plain green branches? Or are there two different plants there?
2. Prunus lucitanicus. I feel pretty sure NOT edible Bay ( Laurus nobilis)
3. Teucrium
4.Pittosporum
5.Eleagnus, green but maybe a variegated mixed in or reverted stems. Defo eleagnus though.
On 2. nothing to compare the leaf size with, but it looks a little wide for edible Bay. Viburnum i would not argue as I don't grow that one, but think I may be wrong as Prunus lusitanicus has a reddish? hue to newer stems . It looks too glossy for edible bay.
Just looked at tinus images, and it does look like it.