Help to identify this herb please

[JockTamsonsBairns]

I recently moved into a new house, and I'm really lucky to have inherited a lovely garden out the front with various shrubbery.
However, I'm quite new to all this, and I'm trying to identify what this herb bush might be. It's got quite a strong smell when I rub it between my fingers, but I can't quite place it.
Can anybody help me?

Looks like honeysuckle rather than a herb

Salvia?

What sort of smell does it give off

I was also going to suggest salvia.

Your new garden looks lovely btw OP!

Oh, thank you! I didn't expect such quick responses.
I think the smell is lemony, but I can't be sure. I've been googling lemon herbs - it's definitely not sage, as the leaves have a shine rather than that downy surface.

Looks like lemon verbena to me

Salvias can smell, it looks like it has buds that are soon to flower to me - so wait a week or so and see. Salvia flowers look like this (come in all sorts of colours)

Lemon verbena

Lemon balm

It looks like an ordinary sage bush to me. Salvia is the latin name. There are ornamental versions.

Hmm not lemon balm

Thanks all for your further suggestions. I've just had a quick Google, and I think it might be lemon verbena. I'll wait a few weeks and see if anything comes of the buds.

It's quite exciting having a new garden, isn't it?

It could be oregano.

Lemon balm looks more like mint. Lemon verbena has longer, narrow pointed leaves on a twiggy branch. Salvia usually longer ovally leaves with a thick, leathery texture.

I thought marjoram but it looks a bit woody for that.Leaves look a bit broad for Lemon verbena. On the whole we seem to be settling on something in the Dead nettle family - so a good close up of the flowers when they open should nail it.

Does it have a square stem?

It is a Salvia of some sort (definitely not lemon balm)