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In my garden I have an evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves and very fragrant white flowers. Today it is humming with bees. Can anyone identify the shrub please?
 

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Phyllirea angustifolia or false olive? should not be flowering right now though...
 
Thank you. Yes it does look rather like that, but it dont recall any berries in the autumn. So i am not completely convinced.
 
or a similar false olive Elaeagnus umbellata? again with berries...
 
Looks like Osmanthus burkwoodii to me, and this would be in flower at this time of year.
 
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GaryB said:
Looks like Osmanthus burkwoodii to me, and this would be in flower at this time of year.
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Yes, Osmanthus burkwoodii, I think thats the one. You have nailed it. Many thanks

In the same family (Oleaceae) as Phillyrea angustifolia
 
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Either Osmanthus Burkwoodii or Yunnanensis
 
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