Suprise flowering shrub ID ?

I have lived in this house for over 12 years , and the un-named shrub below has never flowered. I was just about to cut my shrubs back into shape with the trimmer today ,when I noticed it was beginning to flower - never seen this before ! Possible I cut it back at the wrong time of year if it flowers in autumn . Can anyone ID this and advise any care points ?
TIA

 

Think it is Skimmia Japonica Rubella but not 100% Best not to give advice as not sure I'm right. Maybe Google it and see if it matches your plant. I grow it but mine flowers in Spring. Perhaps if you pruned yours in the Spring you pruned the flowers off and because we have had a good Autumn yours has had time to flower now. This of course could be b sh1t and it's not what I think it is.

 

Hi @silu , when I first saw the flowers , I thought they looked like Skimmia . I have some in a bed at the back of the house ,in a shadey spot ,and they flower early in the year . This shrub is nearly 6 feet tall , evergreen and in full sun.

 

Viburnum???
My usual reply to those kind of flower buds
Nondescript evergreen.

 

Viburnum Tinus
Flowers late winter ealy spring, trim after flowering
Ours is flower now as well

Watch out for viburnum beetle/larve, the larve is like someone shooting the leaves with a shoot gun

 

Yes agree with Jiffy that it is Viburnum Tinus, idiot me I have a massive 1 about 6 feet from where I am atm! Mine too is flowering but of course I was put off the right answer by thinking the flowers are pink, they are pink in bud but open to be white. dooh twit me. Mine which is ancient gets hacked (use my words carefully!) immediately after flowering is finished which here is about March. Great evergreen background shrub which flowers when little else is. Not spectacular but a worthy garden shrub IMO. Luckily I don't even know what a Viburnum beetle looks like, I have about 10 different Viburnums and none are ever sick or sorry despite being given little or no attention. The only reason my Viburnum gets hacked back is that if allowed to do it's own thing it hides a lovely view out of the kitchen window!

 

Viburnum Tinus it is - well done team GC !
Just looked it up on the RHS site . Several of the types have the RHS Award of merit . But as there are 5 pages of Viburnum types I will never know which one I have . I was also pruning it at exactly the wrong time , which explains no flowers
I do like it as a shrub , very healthy and good growth . Can't wait to see the flowers .

 

Viburnum tinus is a good garden shrub for the back of a border.
Double interest...flowers...followed by berries.
As well as evergreen leaves.

https://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselectorimages/detail/WSY0021248_5770.jpg

http://www.turning-earth.co.uk/photos/images/plants/viburnum_berries_375.jpg

 

This is the larve on the underside of a leaf and are small