Please settle an argument: what plant is this?

[TheBALDpuma]

Just as the title, me and the wife are both totally convinced that we are right. I have backing up evidence by a plant ID app, she allegedly had the word of the person who planted it to agree with her...

[simon_harris]

That's a bush

[unzippy]

Boxwood?

[GAjon]

A Laurel?

They’re very Hardy( just in case I’ve spelt it wrong)

[Road2Ruin]

Looks like a laurel to me, too.

[TheBALDpuma]

Okay...

One of us thinks laurel

The other thinks Euonymus Japonicys - aka evergreen spindle

[Gary29]

I've got a big laurel in my garden, looks like a laurel to me.

A rich dark green waxy leaf, looks darker than the evergreen spindle (I'm far from an expert)

[wolfracesonic]

Who thinks what?

[Gnits]

I am going to say not Laurel.
Crush a leaf, Laurel smells of almonds quite strongly.

[TheBALDpuma]

Gary29 said:

I've got a big laurel in my garden, looks like a laurel to me.

A rich dark green waxy leaf, looks darker than the evergreen spindle (I'm far from an expert)

The photo above was taken at night time. It's quite a light green.

We've got a classic laurel in our current garden. The leaves on the photo we're trying to identify are about 1/4 of the size of your standard laurel bush

[TheBALDpuma]

wolfracesonic said:

Who thinks what?

Ha I've deliberately not said to try not get an bias either way!

[Baldchap]

Google Lens says laurel.

[cookie1600]

Gemini AI says Euonymus Japonicus

[TheBALDpuma]

Baldchap said:

Google Lens says laurel.

So the Latin name given by Google in your screenshot is a common cherry laurel, which we have in our garden now so here's a photo. These leaves are 3 or 4 times the size of the leaves in the OP

[Magooagain]

cookie1600 said:

Gemini AI says Euonymus Japonicus

^^^^
This. The leaves seem much smaller than common Laurel.

[anonymous-user]

So I zoomed in on your pic (see screen shot) and based on the vaigation of the foliage and you saying the leafs are much smaller than a Laurel im 99.9% certain that is a form of Varigated Euonymous.



A closer look of the leaf and id be able to say for sure.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 5th March 19:13

[Randy Winkman]

Magooagain said:

cookie1600 said:

Gemini AI says Euonymus Japonicus

^^^^
This. The leaves seem much smaller than common Laurel.

PictureThis plant finder ap agrees.

[Geertsen]

I looked at the photo and said ‘Euonymus’ and then scrolled into the debate .

It looks like a Euonymus that’s just about holding onto its variegation.

[anonymous-user]

Ste-EVo said:

So I zoomed in on your pic (see screen shot) and based on the vaigation of the foliage and you saying the leafs are much smaller than a Laurel im 99.9% certain that is a form of Varigated Euonymous.



A closer look of the leaf and id be able to say for sure.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 5th March 19:13

Just to add, although Euonymous is generally varigated it can loose its varigation if none-varigated shoots are left unpruned. Generally by pruning these out it stops the non-varigation taking over. Its quite common to see these shoots.

Also, in a shady spot the light variation might not be as prominent.

(Overuse of the 'V' word... my apologies )

[paulw123]

It's definitely a Euonymous