Shrub ID Please

Hi All, I have this decidious shrub alonside my garage that seems to have bloomed. Any ideas what it is?

:confused:

Should I be pruning it at all?

 

Hi, r2oo, I think it may be a Weigela but we've had discussions about this in the past so I'll pass it over to the real experts ...

 

Viburnum?

 

Flower looks like viburnum, but the stems look like forsythia,which makes me wonder if it's that pink Abeliophylum distichum?

No, it's not...

http://images.google.com/images?q=abeliophyllum%20distichum&hl=en-GB&sourceid=gd&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-49,GGLD:en-GB&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

I've put the link so everyone can see it as it's a rather nice plant, and has a scent, as well as flowers in the winter.......

 

I think Lady of leisure may be right, see here:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/shrubs/weigela_florida.html

 

This made me chuckle, r2oo, because our last "debate" was Weigela vs Abelia. It will be nice to see yours with some leaves on, but I think they are confusing too.

I certainly would not have gone for any of the Viburnum family.

 

Definitly Viburnum if it's flowering this time of year....

 

It is one of the Viburnum x bodnantense group, either Dawn or Charles Lamont.

 

I think it's Weigela, especially looking at the link I posted. The flowers are identical.

 

Ah that's thrown a spanner in the works... they too look just like them...
http://images.google.com/images?q=Viburnum+x+bodnantense+&btnG=Search&svnum=10&hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2006-49%2CGGLD%3Aen-GB

 

I'm not joining in this conversation any more ... because I think we need to see the leaves ...

 

When was the photo taken? If in Jan or Feb then surely it must be a viburnum - unless global warming has totaly screwed up our gardens

 

Oooh, said I wouldn't join in any more but ... my Viburnum tinus is in full bloom now and aren't we a different scenario weatherwise ????

 

I took it 2 hours ago!

 

My viburnum is in flower and it looks exactly the same as the one in question. The fact that it is in flower now and there are no leaves on the shrub is surely the clincher.