Can anyone tell me what this tree is?

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    Hi

    I'm sorting out an old garden that's not been touched for 20 years and I've come across a tree I don't know. Can anybody please tell me what it is?

    thanks

    Geoff
     
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    Hi Geoff & [​IMG].. :) It is really hard to tell from your pics.. No chance of a clear close up of a leaf & the bark I suppose for an ID..?? However how big is it & is it evergreen or not... Do you know if it flowers & when..??
    I am sure one of us will ID it but the more info &~ pics the better for a positive ID....
     
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    Hi Geoff Looking at where its been sawn off its looking like a woody shrub,But I will try and come up with an I.D until an expert friends comes along:)
     
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    Thanks Marley & WIO

    Here are some closer shots of leaf and bark. It is about the size of a full-grown elder tree - perhaps 10-12ft tall and about 8ft across. From the location it looks like it was planted as a tree rather than a shrub. I don't know whether it is evergreen or not, but I would guess that it probably is evergreeen, because a lot of the leaves don't look like this year's growth. I have no idea when it flowers or what the flowers are like. It is growing in a just-purchased property. It must flower, because there are dead flower-stalks from last year which look bit like those you find on a buddliea.

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    last year's flower remnants
     
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    :thumb: Well done mate..!!! :scratch: OK still not sure of leaf size but looking at them & the bark I would say an Escallonia as a starter as that would also account for last years spent flowers....
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    Blooms [​IMG]

    Have a google my friend & see what you think.....
     
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    Yes, this looks like it. Not normally trees then?
     
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    :D They can be very easily if you don't prune them... :hehe: The one thing I would say is they do take very hard pruning... May take a year or so but they do come back..... :wink: In saying that don't level it to the ground as I don't know if even that would come back...:hehe: But in saying that they do respond to pruning very well whether hard or just shaping... The blooms are lovely so maybe wait until it has bloomed before you prune... Enjoy your garden.. :gnthb:
     
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    Thanks Marley.

    It has just had the hardest "prune" of its life. I removed about a third of the branches. Hopefully it will respond with lots of nice flowers.

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