[boogaloo]

Hello

Moved into my house last year, and have ripped out all of the front border bar two lovely plants that I can't identify at all... Any suggestions?

[boogaloo]

Well I did what I probably should have done in the first place. In all times of uncertainty... phone your parents. Dad reckons they're 1) Pieris and 2) Choisya.

[snowdrops]

1st photo is definitely a pieris but I can't make out the 2nd.

[jmc1949]

I think the second picture could be a spirea vanhouttei, often called the bridal wreath bush. Someone more knowledgable than me may be able to confirm it.

[viettaclark]

Not a Choisya.....could be Spiraea....

[mumofstig]

I'd go with Pieris and Choisya.

I think Bridal wreath has more pointed leaves than the bush in the pic has 

[sunshineband]

Pieris yes,

Bridal wreath spirea, no

Choisya , no

The flowers look slightly too tubluar and the leaves are not right --choisya has a 'hand' of leaflets for each leaf, and the wood is the wrong colour -- much too dark.

Looks like Osmanthus delavaya... are the flowers scented?

[Mrs Bee]

Pieris definately yes.

Other one not choisiya.
Not sure about it being Osmanthus either. Shape and branches look wrong for that.

[plum crumble]

Pieris yes

I have both a Bridal Wreath and a Choisya, and can confirm the second piccie is neither! Might it be a Deutzia?

[sunshineband]

It looks like an Osmanthus grown as a half standard tbh

[New shoot]

I'm not sure the second one is an osmanthus - leaves are dark green and shiny on that.

I think it is Exochorda macrantha The Bride 

[tallulah]

Pieris yes, choisya no - but not sure what it could be - would need a close up of the flowers. 

[boogaloo]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestion - sadly away from home for a week but I'll take some close ups as soon as I get home on Friday. Thanks again!

[sarajane]

Thats a  beaut of a Pieris and agree that the second one is not a choisya.

Could it be a single flowered philadelphus.  Photo is not quite close enough to identify

[sunshineband]

Thats a  beaut of a Pieris and agree that the second one is not a choisya.

Could it be a single flowered philadelphus.  Photo is not quite close enough to identify

Leaves too small I think