Garrya elliptica.

Yes,definitely :o)

I love these but havent got the right conditions for it sadly.

Thank you very much, but i cant have one because my little garden is far to small, this one was in the car park at B & Q :0)

when ever we go to whitby at this time of year the path by the car park has some lovely examples in flower.

We planted one many years ago and it disappeared. Noticed it had flower buds on it a few weeks back Obviously it had been festering away unnoticed until it finally got big enough to flower where it could be seen. I think we bought it as a tatty, dying thing for next to nothing too.

We had one on the fence just outside the window and it looked wonderful with the light shining on it at night