A few easy ones?

I'm sure these will be a doddle for you lot - the damn things are everywhere, but I can't for the life of me put names to them!

Cheers.

 

The last one is a geranium, without a doubt!

 

I am tempted to say Escallonia for the first one. But I am not much use at shrubs.

For the second one, Plume Poppy - Macleaya cordata springs to mind. However it is not that common and can grow up to 16 feet high - so I am not sure if that would fit the bill.

For the third one - possibly Symphoricarpos - which has small white polystyrene like balls.

And as Axie-Ali says the last one looks like a hardy geranium.

 

By jove Peter, you're right. Bit of google image searching and Macleaya cordata and Symphoricarpus are definitely right. Thank you muchly!

The shrub isn't Escallonia though - the leaves are bigger and waxier than Escallonia. Any ideas anyone?

 

Thanks for your comments Andrew. :D

 

I'm fairly sure it's not a Laurel, or a Prunus type false laurel.

The leaves are in a sort of rosette, which had a flower in the middle earlier in the year by the looks of the seedhead. My candidates were Pieris or Daphne, but I don't think it is either.

And my initial thought was Rhododendron, but the leaves are too thin for a Rhodo? Ooh, puzzler.