What on earth is this??

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• sophie_chesters Posts: 7

  April 2019

  Those aren’t flower buds , appears to be new leaves .

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• Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494

  April 2019 edited April 2019

  I don't know but it looks rather nice. Can you take a peek over the fence and see what your neighbour has their side?

  North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone

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• leem Posts: 9

  April 2019

  Looks like privet

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• Hampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089

  April 2019

  Not sure but if its not in the way or causing a problem I would leave it and see what materialises flowers fruit might be worth keeping, 'it's almost certainly got roots on your side so eventually you could dig it out and move it if you wanted.

  
  "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  April 2019

  I think leem may be right.

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• Hampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089

  April 2019

  I though the leaves looked to leathery, tough for privet?

  
  "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog

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• sophie_chesters Posts: 7

  April 2019

  Thank you for your replies. Unfortunately the other side to the fence is a railway track and the it’s a soundproof fence . As a result it’s rather too tall to look over (10ft) . I’m desperately trying to cover the fence and establish a new bed, so I think I’m going to do as recommended and see what happens 👍. 

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• cornelly Posts: 970

  April 2019

  Laurel ?.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  April 2019

  I think it looks like privet too.  If it's escaped from the railway embankment, is unlikely to be anything special. Unless you particularly like it, I would say take it out before it gets any bigger.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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