Oleaceae . . . . . Olive family


Choose from:


Forsythia . . . . Forsythia


Forsythia x intermedia . . . . . Forsythia

Relic of gardens

Fraxinus . . . . Ash


Fraxinus angustifolia . . . . Narrow-leaved Ash

Increasingly planted; brown rather than black buds (pics C Hutchinson)

Fraxinus excelsior . . . . Ash

Common in woods and hedgerows exc. very N Sc

Fraxinus ornus . . . . Manna Ash

Widely planted


Two American Ash spp. are also planted. They have brown buds and stalked leaflets, with F. pensylvanica having hairy twigs, and F. americana with hairless twigs and lflets >5cm wide

Jasminum . . . . Jasmines


Jasminum nudiflorum . . . . . Winter Jasmine

Naturalised on walls and marginal ground

Ligustrum . . . Privet


Ligustrum ovalifolium . . . . Garden Privet

Widely planted as hedge

Twigs:

Ligustrum vulgare . . . . Wild Privet

Narrower leaves than garden privet; hedgerows and scrub on base-rich soils

Osmanthus . . . . Osmanthus


Osmanthus delayvii . . . . Osmanthus

Widely planted