What is this please.

[Vicbarbarkley]

Its a gorgeous colour, but has just appeared!

To be fair, we did a lot of cutting back, so it might have been there a while. DH thinks its a plant, I think its a giant weed - over to you😁

Dont know what happened

Different view

I can't see it yet...

Ah... Now I see it.

Spirea?

New growth of Kerria japonica?

Plant app says philadelphus - spirea leaves aren't serrated.

Jesus.... i cant see my pics and I posted them three times!

Glad you can....... off to look up philadelphus , Spirea and Kerria japonica - thanks all 😗

How can you see the photographs, and I cant????

I have switched to desktop from mobile and still cant see them 😑

Nope; second thoughts it's not a kerria. (The photos have disappeared though...)

Looks like the gold leaved form of Philadelphus - should produce scented white flowers, but I don't see any buds on yours.

Can see the pics now!
No, no flowers, no buds. But perhaps growing in the shade of other shrubs inhibited flower growth?
So, not a weed then?

It is a lovely shade of green, so very nice even without the flowers

Does it smell when you crush the leaves. I thought it was lemon balm.

A weed is a plant where you don't want it. So that's only for you to decide.

@MereDintofPandiculation seriously?
Does every bloody post on MN have to have a pedantic reply. Is it the law?
I give not a shiny shit whether it is a plant or a weed. As I said, it is a beautiful green in colour.
I simply did not know what it was. Now, thanks to the helpful people on this thread, I have a fair idea.

[quote Vicbarbarkley]@MereDintofPandiculation seriously?
Does every bloody post on MN have to have a pedantic reply. Is it the law?
I give not a shiny shit whether it is a plant or a weed. As I said, it is a beautiful green in colour.
I simply did not know what it was. Now, thanks to the helpful people on this thread, I have a fair idea.[/quote]
That particular poster comes out with the pedantry every single time anyone so much as dares to mention the word 'weed'. It's getting tiresome.

In my Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, published 1978 the definition of the word weed is as follows:
Any useless plant of small growth; any plant growing where it is not wanted by man; any wild herb.

Yes there is such a thing as a weed.

I just checked in my textbook called 'Principles of Horticulture' which is used as a study textbook by (among others) The Royal Horticultural Society.

Chapter 9 is entitled Weeds. The very first sentence says that a weed is a plant of any kind that is growing in the wrong place.

I think it’s a Philadelphus too. I’ve attached a photo of mine. If you’ve cut it back hard it probably won’t flower this year, but when it does the scent is gorgeous.

Iwas going to say a kerria, but now I've seen the photo of a philadelphus. I agree with pp, the leaves are a lovely shade of green.

Philadelphus I think.
Those of you disagreeing with MereDint seem to then in the next sentence be saying EXACTLY what MereDint says - a weed is just a plant in the wrong place.

MereDint - I agree with you.

I have decided it is most definitely a philadelphus, thank you all so much.

I have a large area of rough land we have let go, to help along wildlife. Believe me, I embrace weeds. This was just a lovely surprise when we cleared some overgrown shrubs and it must have been there for years, unseen and unloved.
I could not care less what it was.....I just wondered what it was called. DH and I had a daft bet. He won.

I thought it looked liked my Himalayan honeysuckle but the leaves aren't serrated

But it us the same colour so if you're looking for something bright this is z as n alternative