Question: Please help me identify this beautiful plant! It grew outside my uni in Manchester, England and I loved the perfumey …
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Please help me identify this beautiful plant! It grew outside my uni in Manchester, England and I loved the perfumey smell it produced. It's a bush and has small delicate white flowers that have pointed ends. The leaves are shiny green.
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Dear kitajayne, I can't tell you with confidence the plant you have photographed. But, from what I can make out, and your description of the flower odor, it looks like it could be Elaeagnus pungens (thorny-olive), not a true olive but a member of the Elaeagnaceae that includes other plants like autumn-olive. You might examine images online and see if this hypothesis provides an answer to your question. Best wishes.
