Hampshire,
United Kingdom 
Specimen 3 This tree/shrub is in my son's garden of his new house. He would like to know what it is (and so would I).
28 May, 2011
Answers
Looks like magnolia and the formation of the seed pod, julien
28 May, 2011
i'd say magnolia going by the seed pod too.
29 May, 2011
tatty old leaf there... you're brave people, I wasn't sure from the small amount of viable evidence above, lol!
29 May, 2011
Many thanks for your thoughts, I will get him to take photos of the tree when he has moved in.
29 May, 2011
Need to see the tree as well
28 May, 2011