Sorry Silver Surfer, the seedpods looked like dried leaves on a sambucas to me. I expect you're right though, I don't grow weigela but might try it next year.
Thanks for all the replies! I’ll have to ask my friend if the buddleja looking one has flowers then hopefully we will know exactly what it is then! I think yes the second one will be weigelia it’s not fuzzy though just me taking a slightly out of focus picture! 😁 If she gives it a prune now I assume both won’t have any flowers this spring?
Strongly resembles some kind of hybrid Willow to me .
Could be Paul we are mostly guessing, not having the whole plant or scale and size of leaf. I was assuming the thick old stems in the background are also that plant, it looks buddleia-ish. Astrantia It will depend on what you friend cuts off. Even if it needs a lot cut off some stems will have some flowers dotted about.
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If she gives it a prune now I assume both won’t have any flowers this spring?
I was assuming the thick old stems in the background are also that plant, it looks buddleia-ish.
Astrantia It will depend on what you friend cuts off. Even if it needs a lot cut off some stems will have some flowers dotted about.
Tell your friend we said she is not allowed to cut it too much until we see it flower....
https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/buddleja-alternifolia/