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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  April 2020

  I think it is Compact Laurel or to give it it's grand name "Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken"

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• Alan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

  April 2020

  It looks like Skimmia to me, possibly Kew Green.
  
  https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/skimmia--confusa-kew-green/classid.4391/
  

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020 edited April 2020

  Agree with Alan..Skimmia sp or named cultivar.
  eg Skimmia japonica fragrans...male flowers therefore no red berries.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=skimmia+japonica+fragrans&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7-bOgq9voAhVNTsAKHbj-A8QQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1920&bih=944
  
  The flowers of Prunus  laurocerasus Otto Lukken are very different.
  see
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Prunus+laurocerasus+%27Otto+Luyken%22+flowers&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj18f_MqtvoAhWBYMAKHWfSBs4Q_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1920&bih=937
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Chrissy the gardener Posts: 1,072

  April 2020

  Looks looks like Skimmia to me to, mine has just flowered and it is very fragrant.

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• owd potter Posts: 979

  April 2020

  Brilliant.
  You guys are great.
  many thanks all.
  

  Just another day at the plant...

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  April 2020

  A small word of warning @owd potter- check that your soil is suitable. Skimmias are a bit like Rhodies/Azaleas etc. They don't like alkaline soil - neutral to acidic is the ideal 
  A bit of shade is also the best situation for them.
   

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• owd potter Posts: 979

  April 2020

  Thanks @Fairygirl my conditions are perfect for them then.

  Just another day at the plant...

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