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Unknown bushes and trees

FallonFallon Posts: 74
in Problem solving
Just moved to a new house and the garden is a bit wild and unkempt.
Can anyone help me identify the bushes and trees. Don't know whether to trim back or not.  All help appreciated. 

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    2 Helleborus Corsicus, 3 Chaenomeles 4 Skimmia Rubella, 5 Pyrus weeping silver pear
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    1 has the look of a philadelphus - assuming the red flowers are not on that plant.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
    Thank you!!!
    Should the Pyrus weeping silver pear be trimmed back? Looks a lot of dead wood on the insides?
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Fallon said:
    Thank you!!!
    Should the Pyrus weeping silver pear be trimmed back? Looks a lot of dead wood on the insides?
    No, leave it be and it will form a dome of foliage like a mop head. You could thin out some of the branches (removing them right back to where they come from), taking out any that are dead, straggly or malformed. This will open it up and allow air and light to circulate better. If you just hack it back all over, I think it will just produce a mass of vigorous upright shoots that will spoil the look. Any pruning is best postponed to next winter now, anyway.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited April 2023
    @Fallon Dead bits need to go. I would then stand back and see what you have before any drastic action. It will look odd if you leave big gaps and it doesn't weep evenly. I think it is too late this year to take any drastic action unless it gets out of hand and trails then you can do a small amount of cutting back
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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