What's in my garden, part II

I'd be quite interested to know what the following are...

i) Random pretty-ish tree/large shrub



ii) Possibly a pear? Produced a few pear-like fruit last year, but none the year before.



iii) Not exactly gorgeous but fills a spot.



iv) Another slightly ho-hum space-filler, with a close-up of the foliage below.



v) Quite pretty, but is it actually a weed?

 

Forsythia and the blue one is Anemone blanda. IV ?Laurel.

 

I thought the white was is a Mexican Orange ?

 

Laurel? Gosh! I've got a Laurus Nobilis in a pot on the patio (partly decorative, partly for bay leaves), so presumably a different member of the family. Interesting, thanks.

 

Do you mean number 2 - with the white buds - from a quick Google, isn't Mexican Orange an evergreen though?

 

2 Could well be a Pear.
3 Could be Choyisia
Laurel is the common name, Prunus lusitanicus is one type, there are others, definitely not edible.

 

1. Forsythia sp.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=forsythia&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=mRtwUdHuDoPO0QWBpYCoAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967
2. need good close up.
3 Choisya x dewitteana Aztec Pearl.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gs_rn=9&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=UhX7e_TOuIc176X1E9csMw&suggest=p&cp=15&gs_id=1o&xhr=t&q=choisya+aztec+pearl&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45373924,bs.1,d.d2k&biw=1920&bih=967&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=YhhwUZCjPMfX0QWR9IDQCw

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http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Harlow-Carr/About-Harlow-Carr/Plant-of-the-month/May/Choisya-x-dewitteana--Aztec-Pearl-

4. Choisya ternata. Full of very healthy flower buds. Fab scent.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Choisya ternata.&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yhtwUeeRNcix0QXBtYGgDg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1231&bih=499
5 Anemone blanda blue.
Not a weed!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Anemone blanda blue.&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&rlz=&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=-RtwUf-HKuX80QXHyoH4Bg&biw=1231&bih=499&sei=_BtwUYmFJ6nX0QWEl4DADw

 

As the knowledgeable Mr Surfer has advised:

3. Choisya Aztec Pearl
4. Choisya ternata

Both lovely when in flower

 

Thanks! A few more to come tomorrow if the weather continues to co-operate

 

Oh here's one; a rather overpruned rosemary - any chance of getting any more life out of this, you think? It had rather taken over its corner and I'd read you could prune it almost as far as you liked, but no sign of life this season. Tempted to remove it completely and start from scratch with a new plant.

 

Amanensia, I'd replace the rosemary with a new plant as you suggest.
In my experience they don't always survive hard pruning, it looks as if yours may have died.
In any case, rosemary is a relatively short lived plant, they often give up and die after only a few years, especially if they haven't been regularly pruned.

 

For me the real beauty of mexican orange blossom is the smell of the leaves when crushed.