I agree with peren.all’s General iD. And looking at the emerging leaves, Ithink it might be a Spiraea x Vanhouttei, sometimes called bridal wreath spirea which is a relatively large, fountain shaped shrub with early spring white flowers. I would check to see if any Spiraea are invasive in your area by looking on your local Dept. Of Natural Resources website. Typically they have a section on invasive plants, but on the Invasive Plant Atlas they don’t list Vanhouttei Spiraea as invasive. https://www.invasive.org/species/shrubs.cfm

Likely Hamamelis virginiana which would be the native witch hazel. It looks a bit unhappy between the sparseness of the foliage and the chartreuse color, so the site may be too hot and dry for what is naturally an understory plant or the soil may be lacking from whatever caused the need for reforestation.

Is it really?! Never would have thought that! Thanks, Babs. I will remove it then. I have noticed that they do have the tendency to be aggressive around here. And if you notice in the picture unfortunately there is a row of burning bushes there already (neighbor's, not mine). Plus it's in my yellow/orange/red bed, lol, and I'm sure it will be pink or white. Anywhere else in the yard and it might have stayed! I'm just trying to think where it might have come from. No Rose of Sharons in the immediate area.... although the funny thing is I just remembered that my neighbor used to have some, but now they are gone. I don't remember seeing them for some years now.... Thank you for the ID! :) Dee

Thanks, one and all, especially iochroma. You hit it. Nice one. Carol. Further research does show that it is more similar to Macadamia than I thought/remembered. All Macadamia I saw in Australia were cultivated, so overall appearance did throw me. macranthos. The garden where this is, Morrab Gardens, is full of allsorts of plants, with many from Aus/NZ, and other places, eg Wollemia nobilis, Grevillias , Phyllocladus, Puyas, and a 30'+ Metasequoia. I pop down there every few months, and ALWAYS spot something I hadn't seen before. They did attempt, at one point, a couple of Banksia, but they expired. I suspect that they suffered from phosphorus toxidity. A pity as I love the Banksias. Temperatures, on average, are lows of 4C (39F), but -4C has been recorded. Many of their plants would NOT like that temperature, but being only 150m from the sea they probably wouldn't get that low.