plant identification

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  November 2020

  Some type of cotoneaster perhaps. 

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• pitter-patter Posts: 2,429

  November 2020

  Or lonicera nitida. 
  

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  November 2020

  Could well be @pitter-patter, that would explain the honeysuckle identification 

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• Parks Posts: 33

  November 2020

  i've just been looking and it does look like lonicera nitida, but has no flowers

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  November 2020

  Have you been keeping it clipped back ? That might explain the lack of flowers. 

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• Parks Posts: 33

  November 2020

  yes i do, that would explain the lack of fllowers. thanks

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  November 2020

  The flowers are tiny - like those on Sarcococca. Don't expect the type you get on the climbing  honeysuckles 
  The berries are nice too.

  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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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  November 2020

  Lonicera nitida is sometimes called Boxleaf Honeysuckle,  hence the confusion.  
  @Parks yours could also be Lonicera pileata...

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  November 2020 edited November 2020

  These shrubby honeysuckles Lonicera nitida and Lonicera pileata are very similar.
  Pileata leaves are slightly longer.
  See link..
  https://www.google.com/search?q=lonicera+nitida+/pileata&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwig3ov2w-HsAhUH0YUKHU3CAbwQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=lonicera+nitida+/pileata&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDFC-ywFYvssBYLrbAWgAcAB4AIABYogBYpIBATGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=ucKeX-CdHoeilwTNhIfgCw&bih=579&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d#imgrc=d97FZwM5M4CDAM
  
  I describe them as supermarket car park shrubs.
  Cheap, hardy, easy to grow.  
  Hard to kill/Bomb proof and easy to trim if they get too large.
  But rather boring.
  Stops public taking short cuts.
  The flowers are tiny and easily missed., mostly hidden under the branches..
  see pic 1.below.....   This is Lonicera nitida.
  
  I suspect mystery one is Lonicera nitida Baggensens Gold...in sunshine the leaves are golden/yellow.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=lonicera+nitida+baggensens+gold&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi31-OfxuHsAhXN_4UKHddFAi0Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=lonicera+nitida+baggensens+gold&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoECAAQGDoCCAA6BggAEAgQHlCgJlicngFgprQBaAFwAHgCgAHiAYgBrhySAQcyMy4xMS4ymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=KcWeX_eeMM3_lwTXi4noAg&bih=579&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  November 2020 edited November 2020

  AnniD said:

  Some type of cotoneaster perhaps. 

  Other info in post above.
  
   Just for info...
  Cotoneaster leaves are alternate.
  While Lonicera are opposite.
  Mystery plant leaves are opposite.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=cotoneaster+leaves&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC2qbYyOHsAhXZiFwKHcciAIYQ_AUoAXoECAwQAw&biw=1280&bih=579
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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