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  • elainejulia333elainejulia333 Posts: 8

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Lizzie27 said:
    Is it a Choiysa?
    Sorry flowers and leaves are very different in Choisya.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Lena_vs_DeerLena_vs_Deer Posts: 203
    edited June 2021
    Does it have round black berries, too?
    It looks like something we call here a 'Nannyberry". It does have that elderflower feel to it. Could be it https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/viburnum-lentago

    (photo from wildflower site)
    There's many varieties of it all over, but leaves on your photo seem very similar in shape and as glossy.
    Nannyberry - Select Seedling Nursery Order Online Saskatoon Saskatchewan

  • elainejulia333elainejulia333 Posts: 8
    I think it does. I'm sure last year I kept thinking I must pick those elderberries.
  • elainejulia333elainejulia333 Posts: 8
    Leaves look bigger though
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited June 2021
    In UK Elderberry is Sambucus nigra.
    It has flowers that are tiny and which have a flat top.
    The leaves are compound.
    https://www.botanicaplantnursery.co.uk/sambucus-nigra-9193-p.html

    See images below.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited June 2021
    elainejulia333 said:


    The one in this pic reminds me very much of the "bridal wreath" spiraea, Spiraea arguta.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Lena_vs_Deer said:
    Does it have round black berries, too?
    It looks like something we call here a 'Nannyberry". It does have that elderflower feel to it. Could be it https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/viburnum-lentago

    (photo from wildflower site)
    There's many varieties of it all over, but leaves on your photo seem very similar in shape and as glossy.
    Nannyberry - Select Seedling Nursery Order Online Saskatoon Saskatchewan

    Viburnum have leaves that are opposite on a branch.
    Mystery plant cannot see leaves clearly .
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Lena_vs_DeerLena_vs_Deer Posts: 203
    edited June 2021
    @JennyJ and up lose flowers do look similar, too. But OP said there were berries ... i don't think spiraeas have them? 

    It is however pretty easy to check it if it's anything commercially available. A trip to a nursery with a decent brunch cutting and a photo of a full plant would probably solve this mystery 
  • elainejulia333elainejulia333 Posts: 8
    Yes I'll go to the nursery. There are loads in my area. Shrubs as hedges and large trees.
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