[sueanthony]

Does anyone know what this plant might be.  I have no recollection of where it is from.  I could have pinched a cutting from someones garden whilst walking the dog (from the path of course!) or it may be been in another plant pot by mistake....I have no idea.  It must be hardy as the soil it is in is very unloved!!!!

[horticgirl]

can you post a closer up photo as well, as I can't tell from that picture

[Trillium]

Yes, another pic but more of a closeup of the leaf so we can identify it.

[sueanthony]

can you post a closer up photo as well, as I can't tell from that picture

Hoping this one is a bit easier to see, sorry only got my camera phone to use

[sueanthony]

can you post a closer up photo as well, as I can't tell from that picture

Is this one any better?  Sorry only got camera phone

[DavidT]

I think it may be a Cotoneaster.

[sueanthony]

I think it may be a Cotoneaster.

That would make sense, it is very hardy.  No idea how it ended up in my garden.  Could have been a bird poo?  Do birds eat the berries???  Thank you very much X

[viettaclark]

I've got several that must be seeded by pigeons pooing from the trees above. I get all sorts popping up....quite exciting really! (must get out more....)

[sueanthony]

I've got several that must be seeded by pigeons pooing from the trees above. I get all sorts popping up....quite exciting really! (must get out more....)

I was quite proud of my ONE until you told me you have several ....so this is common then, not a rare and mystical thing...hee hee  only kidding of course. And yes I think it is exciting too and free!!!!! Thanks for the reply X

[sunshineband]

It is the sort that can grow into a small tree 

[sueanthony]

It is the sort that can grow into a small tree 

Now you are talking, this sounds more interesting.  I will find out more about it and get it a lovely space in the garden.  Thank you X

[DavidT]

I would stab a guess at C. salicifolius " Cornubia".

[sueanthony]

I would stab a guess at C. salicifolius " Cornubia".

Crikey that sounds interesting.  I will google it and compare.  Thanks very much

[Hey Jude]

Could it be a viburnum (or is it spelt Vibernum)? Anyway, I'm absolutely rubbish at ID ing plants on here so it's probably not..........I just wanted to join in!! Jude.

[hamstergbert]

Mrs Hamstergbert and I regularly have to drag out cotoneasters that the birds have, er, 'planted' round and about, including a couple of dozen each year in cracks between stones.

We did out of curiousity allow a couple to develop in the early years a quarter of a century or so ago and found that they grew very plain and not at all with the tight 'fishbone' form of the C. Horizontalis that the birds were eating from a few spots around the grounds to load their gastric planting hoppers with.

Slightly less annoying than the groves of horse chestnut seedlings every year courtesy of those ruddy bushy tailed grey tree rats!