Solved Shrub identification

Does anyone know the name of this shrub please? It is located in our garden and we are looking to identify it in order to obtain additional information about it. We live in the UK and are located in Cornwall in the South West of England.

 

I think that might be a Corylopsis.

I took this photo of a Corylopsis glabrescens at Kew Gardens on Monday - same thing? (obviously yours might not be glabrescens)

 

I'm not sure. I thought a year or two ago it could be a witch hazel like you are suggesting, but the yellow foliage doesn't open out into sets of flowers. Instead the yellow coloured foliage reaches a set maximum size around about now and then after approximately several weeks to a month it all turns to leaf each year. The leaves then both turn golden and fall in the autumn.

 

It's not a witch hazel (Hamamelis), I don't think anyone suggested that? Corylopsis, if it is one, is in the witch hazel family (Hamamelidiceae), and is known as winter hazel, but they're not the same thing. That's the problem with common names! Also, plant families are pretty large - remember that roses and apples and strawberries are in the same family (Rosaceae)!

Look up Corylopsis on some reliable sites (eg the RHS), take a look at some close up pictures of the flowers and see what you think.

 

Thanks for your replies.

We are looking to prune it as it has got too big (last pruned ten years ago this year). This is why we are trying to establish what it is, and hence when it can be trimmed down to a smaller size. If it is a Corylopsis, the RHS website says it should be pruned immediately after flowering. This was the advice I have read.

I will take a look on the RHS website for more photos.

 

Flowering shrubs are usually pruned after flowering, so that sounds about right. Good luck!
I'm rather envious, it's a gorgeous thing.

 

Above is mystery shrub, pic trimmed.

Definitely Corylopsis sp.
One of my favourite shrubs...glorious pale yellow flowers in the spring and good autumn colour in the autumn.

For me a classy shrub...I prefer it to the vulgar deep yellow Forsythia.

See link for the ones we used to grow in Wales.

CORYLOPSIS

Never ever pruned our ones. Enjoy .

 

Lovely pics, very useful for me seeing it growing in that woodland setting, I think I could find a place for one!

 

I have added a few pics below for those that might not want to look at my album in post earlier.

Escarpmeny. Thank you for looking.
Do get one.
I tried to collect every different Corylopsis I could find.
Some had small flowers eg Corylopsis paciflora.


....other dangling multiheaded catkin flowers.eg Corylopsis sinensis calvescens.


I love Corylopsis spicata for the red anthers .


Corylopsis Spring Purple had fab autumn colour.


When we moved we downsised.
Now my garden is by comparison tiny.
But I still put in a Corylopsis. Corylopsis pauciflora with small flowers.
It is doing well up here and looking wonderful right now

This last pic shows the autumn colur of Corylopsis sinensis Veitchiana.

 

I missed the flowers on the photo I took close up, I initially thought it was all one shape and structure. Looking more closely, I can see them clearly now. I can see the close likeness of the flowers with the Corylopsis variants. Thanks for all your replies. Will prune in the coming days.

 

I think it looks fab.
A lovely shape.
No idea why you feel the need to touch it.

But then I have always preferred to let shrubs do their own thing.
Except for Hamamellis which I prune very hard.
The bushier it gets the more twigs to produce the tiny spider like flowers.
Pics below show Hamamelis Arnold Promise in old Welsh garden and new one in tiny Scottish garden.