Plant Identification

[SquaredFX]

Hi everyone,
I'm new to this site, my fiance and myself just bought a our first home and we are starting to get into the the gardening thing a fair bit. We bought an older home that has been somewhat neglected over the years. As I was cutting back the Alders that have taken over the edge of the property I found a shrub inside and am wondering what it is? If anyone could help that would be great.

Oh! We are in Newfoundland if that helps.

here are the pics.

[SquaredFX]

Sorry the pics all seem to be cut in half, only showing the left side..... my first attempt at posting. hopefully these are good enough.

[davefrombc]

Welcome to the forum .. You can see your entire pix by right clicking and choosing "view image". . It is a quirk of the forum to initially crop larger pix when posted from one of the net photo handling services like Photobucket .
Sorry , I can't name your shrub for you ..

[Peggy2296]

Could it be a variety of Mock Orange?

[DonnaZn2SK]

Looks a bit like forsythia to me, but it's the wrong blooming time. Perhaps you'll get a better idea once the flowers open up?

[SquaredFX]

Thanks! I'll keep watching and post a pic when it blooms

[SquaredFX]

If anyone else figures it out let me know please!

[Ian66]

looks like a steeple bush (Spiraea tomentosa)

Ian

[kelly_m]

Hits self in head!!!

Looking at all of the characteristics....the growth on the old branches, the leaf shape, the bud formation....I knew it was something I knew!! LOL

good one Ian!

[B_BQ]

Here's a couple of pics from the Net. This is steeplebush, aka spirea tomentosa.
Easily found by googling.
~BBQ

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