Mountain Ash, Sorbus spp.

Okay...I'm going to go with all the viburnum answers as the identity of these wonderful trees/shrubs... Yipes!! They bloom????? The one shaped/pruned into a tree-shape was like that when I moved here 7 yrs. ago, and I've kept it pruned. No wonder I've had to fight the "suckers" on the main stem and from the base!!!! It should really be a shrub??? Yipes again!!! Do they really bloom????? I prune them in the spring and throughout the summer and fall - about 3-4 times a year, to keep their shapes and to keep them in bounds (they are vigorous growers!). So...when should I shape them so that it won't interfere with the bloom pattern? I have to follow a "pruning regimen" with my azaleas so they'll bloom - and boy do they ever!! Thanks for all the help!! It's so strange that all three are the same type of plant! Who'da thunk it?? :-) Blessings, Kat

I think floral_uk is on the right track - Euonymous alatus, Syringa (but I believe vulgaris - the reticulatas I've dealt with have a slightly different leaf) and probably the small tree is Cornus alternifolia, a dogwood. Do beware of pruning the dogwood now. Late fall and winter are infinitely better when it's dormant. The sap it will bleed now is a great attractant for insects and disease. Otherwise, the Euonymus and the Syringa would be fine to prune now. Ging

Thank you! This is a great hedge plant. I have had a line of it along my lawn in Makawao for almost 40 years and it hardly needs pruning. I have taken cuttings and I'm going to line the side of the property with it.