Think its euonymous fortunei, Casso !

Yes, I think it's Euonymous too.

Yep, its Euonymus fortunei - either Emerald Gaiety or Silver Queen, more likely the former.

Yup. Euonymus!

It doesnt get a blue flower on it does it? with the long stems it looks like periwinkle !
On the other hand I do have a euonymus japnicus 'Latifolius' I think yours could be Silver Queen!! its hard to tell the size of the leaf from a photograph isnt it.

I think it is E Silver Queen. Emerald Gaiety has a creamier coloured leaf edging.

I think its E Silver Queen too..

Definitely Euonymus fortunei: E. japonica doesnt produce those long, running shoots, and Periwinkle doesnt produce the congested side shoots. Periwinkle has more cordate leaf bases, too.

Thank you for all your help. I knew it's name began with 'E'. Please forgive my ignorance. It gets white flowers on long stems Maggy.

It is very unusual to see flowers on Euonymous. Flowers on long stems would suggest Vinca (periwinkle) but these leaves look too big for V.minor alba and although you can get it with a cream edge this does not look like it. Could you have two plants growing here. V. minor alba and E.Silver Queen. When does it flower?

I thought that Scotsg. if you look closely to the photo you can see, I think, vinca growing close to the ground, this Euonymous doesnt flower, does it????

We will await the answer with bated breath Grandmage. Gardening is exciting and when you get to share everyone elses' garden too what a joy.

Too true ! Roll on spring!

The main plant in the picture is, without doubt, Euonymus fortunei, as stated by you, Grandmage, and confirmed in later answers. And Euonymus does flower, but they're insignificant and tiny.

I agree Bamboo. I am puzzled by the mention of the flowers on stems. I have not been able to find a photograph of euonymous flowers. Can you shed any light on that? The second plant with small dark green leaves does seem to indicate V. minor.Well spotted Grandmage.

You can't find a photo of the flowers cos they're not really worth noting, and these shrubs are grown for their bright leaves. If you think of privet flowers, which make a sort of spray, imagine a couple of those individual flowers close to the stems, in between the leaves, not on sprays. Blink and you'd miss 'em... and if the Euonymus is kept pruned, as they often are, they may well not flower at all.

Thank you Bamboo. Now we know that the flowers mentioned by Casso are intertwined with the euonymous not of it. What a lovely combination. I hope you can post a photograph of that later Casso.

I think the flowers are a little bit like that on Sarcococa aren't they? Not worth looking at, but grown on Sarc. for the beautiful scent.

E. fortunei is much like Ivy, in that it doesn't flower until it is old enough to form the bushy adult branches.

It is very bushy. It was in the garden when we moved in 14 years ago and I occasionally cut back the bits that look too tall. When the flowers appear I'll take another pic.

How do I post a photo with a reply?

As far as I know, you can't on this site, Casso.

I think that you can add another photo to your question, though.