What type of hedge is this? Curious new gardener!

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    Can anybody tell me what type of hedge this is from the pictures?

    I'm going to be shearing / secateur-ing / lopping it to straighten it out, but I want to get to know it a bit better

    Thank you

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    :)



     
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    Looks like Photinia, but maybe not.
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Could it be some kind of Olearia? Daisy bush.
     
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      Looks familiar but can't bring to mind. @Silver surfer is excellent at ID's so hopefully will see this :)
       
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