What type of hedge is this? Curious new gardener!

New house
New to gardening

Can anybody tell me what type of hedge this is from the pictures?

I'm going to be shearing / secateur-ing / lopping it to straighten it out, but I want to get to know it a bit better

Thank you

 

Looks like Photinia, but maybe not.

 

Could it be some kind of Olearia? Daisy bush.

 

Looks familiar but can't bring to mind. @Silver surfer is excellent at ID's so hopefully will see this

 

First go! -Andromeda ?

 

I know identifier apps aren't always correct, but Plantnet agrees with @pete (olearia - daisy bush)

 

Thanks for the responses.
I moved to the house in late August 2024 and it didn't have white flowers on there at this time, it looked basically the same as in the pictures. So I'm not sure if it is a daisy bush but I can still see some likeness.

 

...So I hope that doesn't mean it's been dormant or dead since summer because the leaves do still have a nice green colour.

Again, very new to this so any thoughts welcome.

 

Maybe you just later and missed the flowering, you can see where the flowers were.

 

...6 months on and now in full bloom.

What do we think this is?

 

There are lots of little wasps hovering around it too and a few flies

 

@Merc22

Probably hover flies rather than wasps.
Also pictures the same size and quality as you originally posted would make id easier.

 

I did wonder actually - this is why I mentioned them. I thought they looked too tiny to actually be wasps and the way they hover is almost hummingbird-esque. I think their black and yellow colour also confused me.

Click on the smaller images there and they should enlarge, otherwise I can just post in full size.

 

@Merc22

It's known as protective camouflage to kid predators they have stings. Most of them are vegetarians, some have larvae that munch greenfly. Overall a good thing to have in your garden

There still not as good as the originals so if you could post the full size versions it would help.

 

Can't help with ID but if you want to do any shaping and renovating work, start as soon as the flowers finish. Take back any very old, thick stems that haven't much flower or foliage on them. Then assess what's left and remove any dead, diseased or damaged stems including any that are crossing and rubbing each other. Make sure you use clean, sharp secateurs and loppers so you make neat cuts and don't introduce disease.

Re-assess and shape it to an even size or form unless you want a bumpy "cloud" hedge. Give it a good watering and some liquid rose or tomato feed as a tonic so it can start regenrating before winter.

In late autumn when the soil is moist, give it a good mulch of garden compost, cheap multi purpose compost or well rotted manure to help feed its roots over winter and give better vigour next spring and a good show again next summer.