flora-uk, thank you for the suggestion...the photos you've linked me to do look like the shrub in question! I just stumbled upon this house while driving so I can't say as the whether or not it had flowers but the hardiness and soil conditions would make it a likely candidate. I think a better title for my thread would be "help me find something that looks like this" as I don't really care too much about this specific shrub. I'm more or less trying to find something similar to what this looks like. If it is indeed an Amelanchier then I think its mature size is far too big for what I'm after!

Wow, thank you for all your suggestions. I'm thinking it must be a box or privet honeysuckle. My plan is to cut it down to about a foot (as someone indicated above). Over the years, as it grew, the owners just trimmed the side of the shrub so that it wouldn't block the path on the side of the house. So it just grew higher and higher and now has started leaning over the path. So now it's just an annoyance and gets beat up on by anyone walking down the path. Knowing what it is I can now get it healthy and healthy-looking again. Thank you again! Your efforts are much appreciated. flora uk: there are some red leaves on top that have fallen from a nearby japanese maple, but it's all just the honeysuckle in the photo.

Jennifer, The leaves look similar to mature Loropetalum leaves. I see some burgundy on the edges and most Loropetalum leaves start out burgundy and age to green. Rhonda

Looks like it might be a Euphorbia. Similar to this one, if not the same: Euphorbia bicompacta var. rubra http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/262431/