Can anyone identify this hedging plant please?

[jenthehen]

I think it’s possibly a type of laurel but not sure.

Is it this?
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7001/euonymus-japonicus/details

If you tap on the photo you can see the fruits better

I think its a Laurel too

@WhyDoIBloodyBother I think you could be right, at first I didn’t think it would grow tall enough (the one I saw was about 6ft) but I’ve read that it can do. Thank you.

How big are the leaves?
I've grown many euonymous, they can get big but the leaves are fairly small on all varieties, not over an inch and a half to two inches long. Those look a bit bigger.
I'm more inclined to think it's a laurel.
Are the edges of the leaves slightly serrated though?
As far as I know neither euonymouses nor laurels have serrated leaves.

Laurel. They get massive.

It's a laurel. Most types keep their leaves in winter which is good.

@heldinadream yes the leaves are about 1.5 “ and the leaves slightly serrated.

I'm no gardener, but that looks like Laurel to me.

I have a 50ft hedge of that stuff. Boy does it grow and grow big!!

Looks like escallonia to me.

It's Laurel we have it in our garden.

Don’t think it’s laurel or a close relative because they have alternate leaves, and that twig in the centre shows pretty clearly that the leaves are opposite. Leaves are also too small.

If it’s a Euonymus, the fruits will open three-lobed with contrasting seeds. The evergreen Eunonymus used for hedging are the cousins of the deciduous Euonymus or Spindle trees. They have opposite leaves.

Escallonia has alternate leaves.

It's Euonymus. I have it growing as a hedge in my front garden.

Thanks so much @MereDintofPandiculation and @Blondeissimo I think you’ve cracked it. I’d like it for hedging, would you recommend it @Blondeissimo ?

Yes, I would. It will need trimming once a year but it makes a really nice not too dense hedge. Birds love the berries too.