another pic of the leaves

possibly a mountain laurel, which I think are beautiful..

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the bark is very smooth though and the pics i have seen on google of mountain laurel all seem to have rough bark.

Cleyera Japonica
I have 2 of them.
Nice shrub, evergreen, red foilage is new growth.

thank you desire and butterfly. i do believe it's cleyera.

Ternstroemia gymnanthera for the sake of accuracy.

Yes, Ternstroemia gymnanthera.

Cleyera is an entirely different genus. However in the hort industry some still label it as 'cleyera', which really muddies the waters, IMO.