Shrubs, hedges and climbers · question 4
What does the leaf look like?
- Compound with 5–7 leaflets; smells unpleasant: Flat white flower heads and black berries; white pith.
- Palmately lobed with 5–9 pointed lobes: An elegant Japanese maple, often with red leaves.
- Three- to five-lobed, maple-like; red berries: Flat white flower heads ringed by large sterile flowers.
- Not lobed
Still possible
- Elder (Sambucus nigra)
- Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)
- Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
- Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas)
- Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
- Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)
- Wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
- Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
- Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)
- Forsythia (Forsythia)
- Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
- Weigela (Weigela)
- Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius)