Yet another plant ID thread

[drspouse]

A few to get your teeth into here. All in pots left by the previous owners.

[drspouse]

One more.

[BobLemon]

No 2 looks like a strawberry and a twig.

No 4... an azalea?

[RatherBeRiding]

Agree azalea no. 4. No. 1 looks like some sort of hazel?

[RatherBeRiding]

Sorry - meant no. 2 looks like hazel leaves

[RatherBeRiding]

No. 1 looks rather like a cotoneaster I have outside my window?

[drspouse]

No 2 could be hazel - there may be a stray strawberry plant in there but the scale of the leaves is much bigger than strawberries. Don't hazels have straight branches/twigs though?

No 4 does look like the leaves of azaleas - it has some buds but they haven't come out yet.

[drspouse]

No 1 is the one with the football, no?

Cotoneaster is much smaller with tiny leaves and red berries, isn't it? We do have some but that's not the same at all.

[NanTheWiser]

No. 4 isn't an Azalea, it looks more like a Choisya ternata, especially if it is starting to bod up.

[drspouse]

I can't remember what colour the flowers are but the buds do look like that.

[NanTheWiser]

Oops! BUD not bod!

[drspouse]

Anyone else? I realise no 2 is not very helpful but it's a bit lopsided anyway.

[JohnWolfenstein]

No. 2 is a corkscrew hazel.

[drspouse]

Oh that's interesting! I don't remember seeing any catkins but maybe it's just been too small/poorly.

[Hefzi]

Number 3 isn't some kind of fatsia, is it?

[drspouse]

I think I'll need to wait for the leaves to be bigger to be sure - they don't look like what I get when I google Fatsia.

[Hefzi]

It was the only thing I could think of with big, glossy leaves But they are usually palmate tbh. Looking at the picture again, though, those might not even be the plant of unknown provenance - but it looks like a honeysuckle in behind, anyway.

You'll have some interesting surprises when everything blooms/grows anyway!

Does no 1 smell lemony? It looks like a verbena tree/bush I had when I lived overseas if so...

[AndwhenyougetthereFoffsomemore]

2 is a corkscrew/contorted hazel, for sure - very nice
4 I know but can't place .... it's a sensible/indestructible type shrub .....
3 looks like nothing I've ever seen!

[drspouse]

Yes the one on the wall is a honeysuckle as I know from having chopped an acre of the bugger down.

I don't think no 1 is lemony but I'll have a sniff.

[UniversalTruth]

Could 3 be Lords and Ladies self seeded weed?

[poppet31]

There is a free app you can download called seek where you upload a photo and it identifies the species. It has been fairly accurate for me.

[drspouse]

Could 3 be Lords and Ladies self seeded weed?
Possible - it doesn't look all that deliberate.

[Trethew]

1. With football Viburnum rhytidophyllum
   
2. Hazel
   
3. Chatham Island Forget-me-not Myosotidium Hortensia
   
4. Skimmia

[drspouse]

The flowers on the pictures of no 3 look lovely so I'm hoping you're right! Looking forward to seeing if it flowers.

[drspouse]

I have moved the possible Chatham Island Forget-me-not to a different spot where it won't be shaded by the other two, to see if it encourages it to flower.

The others have a bit more room in themselves so I'll see how they go and if I want to keep them!

[MoobaaMoobaa]

number 1 reminds me of a buddleia.