Are you able to identify these plants?

[GrouchyKiwi]

Gardeners added some new shrubs to my garden today. They told me what they were but I have a sieve for a mind so I've completely forgotten.

Is anyone able to identify them for me? (Photos in the replies.)

TIA!

This one I think starts with an E or an H.

I've included a picture of the whole shrub and then a close up of the leaves.

We'll call this Exhibit A.

This one, Exhibit B, possibly also starts with an E or H.

Exhibit C might start with a P. I've been through a whole list of P plants but none of them fit. I thought it sounded something like Palmeria.

The leaves are large. Had a bit of trouble getting one in the photo because the wind came up.

Exhibit A looks like some kind of Bay.

Exhibit B is from the ribes family - blackcurrants belong in this group, but yours is probably one of the pretty flowering types.

Exhibit C may be fatsia japonica?

I think, based on the letter E and the leaf shape, exhibit A might be Escallonia?

Exhibit C is definitely a fatsia, as tuiles said.

Thank you both re fatsia. Having looked it up I'm sure you're right.

The leaves of B do look like the ribes family. Will have to see if any berries etc grow. The gardener told me I should cut it back quite short each year, if that makes a difference.

I hope that he itemises each plant in the invoice!

Is b a mallow?

A Escallonia
B Hibiscus
C Fatsia

I'm not sure if you want to know this .....

But they won't grow very quickly as they are competing for food and water with all that grass

I don't think I need to worry about water since I live in Scotland.

I'll feed 'em some delicious plant food every so often to encourage them along.

The grass is turf. Does that make a difference?

Nope , sorry . Turf is just the same as grass grown from seed.

There are lots of articles about planting shrubs and trees in grass

www.extension.umn.edu/garden/landscaping/implement/trees_turf.html

But it's up to you if you like the look . It's very common in parks and on golf courses . It won't kill them, just restrict their growth . And your gardeners will need to use shears to cut the grass around them , because if they use a strimmer it will damage the bark. Which WILL probably kill them .

Once they shrubs get bigger the grass under then will die anyway . Especially evergreens like the escallonia .

Just make sure your fatsia is in a sheltered spot :-)

Interesting read, thanks.

The shrubs (and other trees we've had put in) have a good square of just earth around them (gardeners took out the turf), so the grass won't be right against their bases/trunks. It will be easy to mow around them without touching the trees.

I guess once the roots are deep enough the trees & shrubs will be fine too.

Although I see I missed the bit about how the tree roots spread.

Will make sure I add mulch around the bases. There's plenty of space for that before the turf.