Plant ID please

[Prudie]

I'm normally not that bad on plants but this has evaded me for a couple of years so any help would be much appreciated (I'm at work so won't look back until later :-))

It's used mainly for hedging and is woody with darkish green leaves very similar to a bayleaf in size and shape, almost silver on the underside, but covered in a light dusting of grey fur. About now it's coming in to flower for the autumn - small white 1cm bells with 4 white petals (a little like individual lily of the valley) but very strongly perfumed similar to oriental lilies. You can smell the whole plant as you walk past.

Can anyone help from that description? It's not Wintersweet btw

[rockyracoon]

Could it be Arbutus Unedo, here's a pic

http://www.google.co....ved=1t:429,r:14,s:152

[Prudie]

Thank you both for answers.
Rocky that's not it though the flowers look very similar but are not produced in such bunches, only about 3 or 4 per twig. The leaves are darker and not so elongated and it's definitely a hedge shrub, wouldn't grow into a tree.

Trim I could photo it tmrw (at work where it grows) but I would need spoon feeding on how to upload here, I've no idea.

[boxtops]

That's the strawberry tree, rocky, isn't it?

[Prudie]

It is boxtops, not what I'm looking for unfortunately

[rockyracoon]

Yes boxy, I believe it is.

[rockyracoon]

I'll have another rake through my Hessayon book.

[slaney]

Anything like this?

http://www.mailordert...ingei_(Elaeagnus).htm

[boxtops]

That looks good slaney, especially as the flowers are perfumed.

[rockyracoon]

That very much looks like the description doesn't it.

[Prudie]

Oh well done Slaney, that's it. So it doesn't have a common name? Not heard of it. Brilliant !! Thanks a bunch.

[slaney]

Glad to help ...