What's this shrub - please?

The leaves are much bigger than the pittosporum we already have.

Mountain horopito

Horopito:

'Fresh leaves were also chewed on for toothache'

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Thank you - that's it!! Phew!!

Quite apt considering dh is a retired dentist!!

And, he wants to move the bottle brush plant!!

I would say a hebe and they can grow to about 2 foot high and wide with leaves that size but doesn’t look that healthyz

There is a great phone App called PlantSnap.....you take a photo to identify plants. It doesnt always work but worth a try. Your plant sadly does look a little sick I sadly think though. Good luck

Hi, After peering at the photo, I wondered if it could be a form of Escallonia? The usual forms have green leaves and red, pink or white flowers, but I have a variety with lighter green/yellowy leaves and if I remember rightly from last year, red flowers. Although my green leaved variety has grown very big and I have to hack it back occasionally, the yellowy leaved plant often looked a bit sick and grew slowly. Thinking “it has two chances...... “ as I often do with dodgy plants and shrubs, I chopped it right down last autumn - so it will be interesting to see what happens now. Update - just been in garden - it’s still alive but the leaves are mottled with something so obviously something not quite right. I was going to say it might be a “virus” but thought that would be in poor taste at the moment! Maybe it just needs some fertiliser or something! It’s good to have something to distract us from all the other worries! Keep it up ladies - more plant questions please! Our own Gardeners’ Question Time maybe? x

You can get a plant finder App.

May be a type of azalea? Those spots are more than likely to be rust spots which would indicate disease. I personally would try and save it by repotting and cutting back but you may just want to chuck the whole thing. In any event DO NOT try tasting any of the leaves!

If the leaves are tough and leathery, I think it might be a variety of Elaeagnus.

Nandina domestica. I don’t think they look healthy even when they are. Slow growing.

Use a plant recognition app! Can’t remember what it is called but you just take a picture and the plant pops up!

Dh used his plant finder app and it gave him something random so I had to come to the real experts!!

It is Mountain horopito - pepper tree.

If you download the ‘PlantNet’ app you can take a photo of the shrub and it will identify it for you.

I would have also suggested a variety of Euonymous. Looking at the root system often gives you an indication of the variety of shrub. There are free apps for identifying shrubs, flowers, etc. Take a photo of the shrub, flower, lichen is identified. Choose a UK site if you want to identify native and recently purchased plants. Good luck.

Download the PlantNet app and it will identify it for you.

kitty did you see my post above re toothache?

Oh yes, you did, sorry

I thought it was very apt!

Azalea with measles?

PS is it deciduous? Maybe one of those honeysuckle-scented azaleas?

MrLester has identified it now

An unusual shrub for a sheltered woodland site where their unusual red spotted evergreen leaves create a splash. Red berries and creamy flowers.
Common Name: Mountain Horopito New Zealand Pepper Tree
Height: 90-120 cm (36-48")
Soil Type: Sandy Loam
Soil pH: Acid, Neutral
Aspect:Sun
Hardiness: Hardy may need protection
Evergreen

Azalea? Could be, mine looks a similar shape to leaves and overall plant shape

There is a name that plant type app for your phone. Would that work ?