Lime green shrub - probably evergreen

Morning all.

In the well kept gardens outside the stuffy building where I work, there is a lovely shrub.

Unfortunately very strict site rules mean I can't take a pic.

The bush has leaves not unlike a larger version of box. The leaves are oval and about an inch long. the colour is lime green, and catches the light so much that it stands out even on dull grey days. Its bushy, with the appearance of privet or box (but differs from box by its larger leaves). The stems are similar to privet, but the colour is too far removed from common privet for me to say its that, its very bright lime green.

Any ideas?

 

Philadelphia coronarius Mock orange?

not evergreen though

 

Eleagnus ?
Griselinia ?
Choisya ?
These are plants which get used in public/communal planting schemes a lot.

 

Try Choisya ternata Sundance!.
It glows esp on dull days!

choisya ternata sundance - Google Search


PS. Have another look. I think you will find the leaves are trifoliate. ( In 3)

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=ch...bnw=118&start=58&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:58

 

Hi

Why dont you pick a leaf off then take a photo when you get home , then MI5 wont mind

Spruce

 

From the description, my first thought was Griselina.

 

First thought was as Silver Surfer, Choisya ternata Sundance. Give the leaves a smell. Pull one off and crush it, does it have a distinctive smell?

 

could possibly be ceanothus Zanzibar .... a stunning shrub with limegreen (evergreen) leaves and blue flowers in summer

 

Thanks all.

I think I saw the one in one of the pics you've all posted. I'll have another look on monday morning at work, just before my smoke break, so I can do a comparison while its all fresh in my mind.

In any case, there are some nice looking plants in those pics, most of which are new to me, so thanks for all the ideas.

Because it seems I'm too dumb to have thought of that

The most obvious solution is so often overlooked.

 

I think I would go with Choisya ternata Sundance and as mentioned if you cruch a leaf it wil have a really strong smell ..

Dave

 

Studying some pics some more, I can rule out the following (although they are all nice looking plants and I'm not ruling them out as possible candidates for my garden - just they are not the one I see at work):

* Eleagnus
* Ceanothus

Possible matches are:

* Choisya
* Griselinia
* Berberis Thunbergii 'Bonanza Gold

I don't think its that "Choisya ternata Sundance", the leaves on that one look too much on the yellow end of the spectrum. The bush at work is more green, but in a strange way because its lime green, but seems to glow. I don't mean its especially brightly coloured, does anyone remember in the 1980s when lots of things were luminous, like markings on watches and clocks, and they all had that radioactive glow before people realised that it was not a good idea to walk about with a piece of radium strapped to yourself? Its that kind of colour and effect.

 

How about Berberis Thunbergii 'Bonanza Gold.

 

Just googled it, a definite possible.

 

Clueless, did you manage to get a leaf from the shrub today?

 

Unfortunately not. Its right outside the window of another office. Usually, as far as I can tell, nobody actually does any work in there, so nobody about, but today there were several womenfolk near the window so I was too self conscious to pick a bit off.

I did get a better look though. The leaves are variegated, bright green, with yellow streaks, hence the lime green appearance from a distance.