Me again, please ID this for my mum

I have something similar in the garden Mookins or I wouldnt attempt a guess , couldmit be some sort of lilac tree,google it and see

Is that it for the flowers, or do they get bigger and open out more? I'm thinking maybe a summer flowering ceanothus, such as Gloire de Versailles, if these are just the flower buds rather than the actual flowers, though they do look a bit too lilac rather than blue.

sorry I didnt gey the flowered ones in shot
they are as big as the buds and they are bright pink with yellow think the word is stamens in the middle

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Hi Bamboo I aint to good with ID of flowers it's just it looks like the lilac I had , altthough the flowers on mine were out and away ages ago. so maybe not lilac

Well a pic of the whole plant as well as an open flower or two would be helpful, plus a whole leaf or three! Not the ceanothus I mentioned then.

I thought it was a Callicarpa (Beauty Berry), probably way off though.

I agree, Callicarpa

will ring mum shortly and give her the names mentioned see what she says
cant get another pic until after the weekend im afraid

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By jove, I think you've got it Rydeboyz! Callicarpa is what it looks like.

Yes, Callicarpa, saw these last Autumn in the Garden Centres when they had purple berries......after the lilac flowers.

is it ever called a different common name does anybody know?

she didnt recognise Callicarpa or beauty berry
mind you she sometimes calls me her second husbands name so that says it all

thanks for your help peeps will do her a label for her garden book

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