"cineman" wrote in message
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I have a large shrub which came from a cutting, taken from a recently
trimmed back shrub in a hospital car park.
The family have called it the snowball tree.
The mature leaves are quite large about 4 to 5 inches long and appear to
be covered in fine hairs.
The buds develope late summer/autumn, in fact they are developing now,
very tight about 1 inch across, they remain like this throughout the
winter, late winter early spring the buds open in the shape of a snow ball
with tiny white flowers.
Many thanks for any assistance
regards
Cineman


If it is viburnum then this one fits your snowball description:-
http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/chinesesnowball.htm