Garden Bush for ID Please

[Kia]

Has anyone an idea as to what this bush maybe?
Also would it be possible to encourage the bush to extend along a wall? If so how?
Right now it is rather untamed and growing outwards. I'd like to trim it back a bit (now? spring?) and then fill in the space along the wall with this, as it seems to be a rather hardy bush/shrub and also helps deter people from approaching our windows (ground floor flat).
This is in Warwickshire, UK.

[lol geoff]

My guess would be a form of Lonicera nitida .

Your best bet for curbing unwanted guests would be one of the berberis family a very spitefull plant or a pyrocantha not so spikey but the birds love the berries in the autumn.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by lol geoff

My guess would be a form of Lonicera nitida .

Your best bet for curbing unwanted guests would be one of the berberis family a very spitefull plant or a pyrocantha not so spikey but the birds love the berries in the autumn.

My pyracantha is lethal I have hell of a job tying it up. I just don't prune the berberis

[Dutchess]

Lonicera nitida or Shrubby honeysuckle. It's a resilient plant and will take hard pruning, so I think you could easily shape it into whichever way you would like it to grow. I have one that appeared from nowhere, and it became useful in that I let it grow high and trained it to drape outwards; it hid an eyesore very well! I pruned the side next to the neighbour's fence and it kept it's balance too. (It wouldn't surprise me if they use it for topiary?)

Cotoneaster Horizontalis (Wall or Rockspray Cotoneaster) is, as the name suggests, a great one for growing up against a wall. Again, it is hardy and takes hard pruning, I can train mine easily. It's a semi-evergreen so never looks completely bare, and the bees are attracted to it's small flowers in spring. It gets smothered in bright red berries which seem to last all year round (!!) which the birds like...as a result, I have them popping up all over the place - honestly - they're like weeds! Snails adore the dense foliage to hide up in during the daytime and to hole up in during winter (whether that's a good or a bad thing I will not say!)

Note: If I recommend a plant you can be assured it takes care of itself most of the time, anything that wants too much fussing over doesn't last, I'm afraid! Hostas being a case in point - arghhh! The snails and slugs just love 'em, and I cannot be doing with all that protection racket, lol! (Of course, I recognise that success also depends on where you are situated and soil type, etc...)

I've rambled...lol!

D.

[Kia]

Thanks for the answers.

The soil here is quite dense - Warwickshire is known for it's clay, although it's not too bad in this area.
The side of the flat we want to grow it against is south-west facing, it misses the morning sun, but definitely isn't shady. It can get quite windy out there though.