Shrubs, hedges and climbers · question 4
Which description fits best?
- Small, opposite leaves (up to 6 cm): A dense, finely branched hedging plant.
- Large, leathery leaf (8–20 cm); large flower trusses in May: Leaves often in whorls at the shoot tips; acid soil.
- Large, glossy leaf (10–20 cm); spikes of white flowers: Small glands at the leaf base; small black cherries.
- Silvery-scaled underside; small fragrant flowers in autumn: Leathery leaf, 5–10 cm.
- Aromatic leaves in rosettes; red buds in winter: A low shrub for shade.
- Small, alternate leaves (up to 3 cm); small red berries: Often creeping or with arching branches.
- Narrowly oval, wavy leaf with a strong spicy scent: The bay leaf from the kitchen.
- Opposite, dark leaves (4–10 cm); pinkish-white flower heads in winter: Metallic-blue berries in summer.
Still possible
- Box (Buxus sempervirens)
- Garden privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
- Box-leaved honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida)
- Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
- Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
- Oleaster (Elaeagnus)
- Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica)
- Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster)
- Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)