Small tree/big shrub id please

[BiscuitDrama]

My app has no idea. I’d like to plant another of these if I knew what it was. It had white flowers in summer. Sorry about the poo bag in the pic

It looks like a variety of Laurel, not I don't think Laurus nobilis (bay) because of the small leaves so it could be difficult to get exactly the same variety but perhaps someone will be along with the species. You can take cuttings from them easily though.

The leaves look like Berberis, but the white flowers preclude that. Uou could try taking cuttings.

I thought berberis in the first picture but the tree is too big and the black berries are more like Laurel I think. Are the leaves aromatic like a bay leaf OP?

Blackthorn? Myrtle?

Actually yes, I think it is myrtle.

@DandelionsAreMyFriends

I thought berberis in the first picture but the tree is too big and the black berries are more like Laurel I think. Are the leaves aromatic like a bay leaf OP?

No and they’re thicker than a bay. And they are really quite small (like some berberis). Trust me to have something odd!

@TheVanguardSix

Actually yes, I think it is myrtle.

Hm. I’m looking at Myrtle. Might be, some have the right flowers. Let me look some more. Thanks!

I thought berberis in the first picture but the tree is too big. No, I have a Berberis which is easily that tall. But the white flowers preclude Berberis.

the black berries are more like Laurel I think Laurel berries are larger, more oval, they hang in clusters (because the flowers are in clusters), and they don't have the remains of the flower at the end

Japanese Holly, Ilex Crenata
www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/icct/ilex-crenata-convexa.html

I'd say it's Luma apiculata, a really special plant.

Can you recall the flowers? Luma/Myrtus (Myrtle) - white flowers with masses of stamens completely obscuring the petals. Ilex - much smaller white flowers, almost creamy.

That’s the problem, I don’t think the flowers fit. I’m going to have to wait for it to flower.

They were clusters of like peony shape, with maybe slightly straighter sides, and about 1” in size.

Well, not Ilex, for sure!

Are those the actual flowers, or are they the flower of something else to show us what you mean?

Those aren’t the actual flowers, they were just to show the shape, sorry!

I’ve tried to find photos of it flowering and have totally missed that corner of the garden every time I take a photo. Quite annoying!

Luma Apiculata- Myrtle

OnlyJudyCanJudgeMee not with "peony like" flowers which is how the OP describes them - unless the OP has seen them only in semi-bud and not fully open

www.headgardenerplants.com/plant.asp?val=LUMAPI