My thanks to everyone who responded, having looked at links the bush is
either V.Carlcephalum or V. Macrocephalum Judging by the growth habit in
the pictures I would incline to the former.
Its a pity that my wife wants ( me) to clear the patch where this growing
alongside a mock orange which has outgrown its site, not before ive taken
some cuttings though.
Many thanks
Regards
Cineman

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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