What hedge have we got?

Mr.Bump

Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) if not checked out Buckingham nurseries website.

annie123

if it was a mock orange it would have been in flower when you moved in and in july too. Lovely smell you can't have missed the flowers, and you should have twigs not hedge at the moment.

Mr.Bump

This very unusual in this country but if down south the only thing, I can think of that could smell spicy is common myrtle (Myrtus communis).

laurel7172

Try googling "japonica". There are lots of different varieties, they're oval-leaved and evergreen and some of them smell wonderful.

puddy

well i saw one in someones gardena nd asked them what it was, she said mock orange, the leaves smell exactly the same and it looks exactly the same??

i dont remember it in flower last year, its definately an evergreen?

puddy

oh, no the pictures of a mock orange look nothing like it......
how strange

puddy

just checked for myrtle and japonica, its not either of those

annie123

is it poss to post a pic?

bromsgrovebarry

it sounds like Choisya ternata the mexican orange blossom. It is evergreen and has aromatic leaves. The ordinary type is green leaved but there are yellow leaved varieties available. I am certain that is what you have.

Mojisola

bromsgrovebarry wrote: »

it sounds like Choisya ternata the mexican orange blossom. It is evergreen and has aromatic leaves. The ordinary type is green leaved but there are yellow leaved varieties available. I am certain that is what you have.

That's a good bet. Have a look at some pictures.