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Shrub Identification Please

autumncrisp78autumncrisp78 Posts: 15
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Hello. Does anyone know what these shrubs are please? A couple I know have moved in to a new build house. Along the front lawn is a big line of these real straggly looking shrubs. We'd like to work out exactly what they are so we can see about getting them in better shape. Many thanks.

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  • autumncrisp78autumncrisp78 Posts: 15

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Looks like a variety of Osmanthus, possibly Burkwoodii.  Mine has just finished flowering but the leaves look similar.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree. Mine has just finished too, did better this year than most years. The mild weather early in the year possibly helped.  :)
    How you prune/maintain it will depend on what else is around it - there looks as if there's other stuff growing through it, but hard to tell from the pic.
    They're best in shadier, damper areas.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • autumncrisp78autumncrisp78 Posts: 15
    That's definitely it, thank you.
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