These are all pictures taken in the wild. 1-2-3= small plant without flowers oval leaves 6-10cm long, extremely soft because of some fluffly white cover. 4= dry leaves of one of my favourite trees (can be seen also in the following pic as a background on the right) 5= high bush/tree with bright coloured flowers as from picture http://www.dedosites.com/GC.html
1.2. and 3. ???? 4. Maybe Crataegus sp. Am I seeing red berries on it in pic 5 in background? 5. Euonymus sp. Those are not flowers but the seed capsules, which open to show the seeds inside.
Thanks. In that case Cratageus probably common hawthorn if found in the wild. Compare your tree/ shrub to pics here... http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ha...m=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1270&bih=500
It is indeed! I am not really interested in the flower, as long as it can keep its incredibly soft leaves just as they are now... Silver surfer - spot on - that's the tree!