think it might help to have a close up of the leaves and IF available pics of fruit and/or flowers---at least for me, LOL. hopefully, someone smarter or with better eyes will be able to help you with the picture available.

I agree. I can't see leaf shape, branching pattern, or much detail about the bark.

some kind of legustrum

maybe a ligustrum as mentioned above by tibean and if so possibly l. japonicum/Japanese privet BUT still think more details on the leaves would help confirm this.

Might be an osmanthus, can't tell much from this shot.

bboy, think that the one thing we can all agree on is that we indeed "can't tell much from this shot" and so any answers proposed are still more in the nature of guesses at this point. interestingly enough, both osmanthus and ligustrum are members of the olive/oleaceae family and thus "cousins"(close or otherwise) of a sort, LOL.

This post was edited by georgeinbandonoregon on Sun, Jan 25, 15 at 1:04

Ok, I took some closer pics, and will post them as soon as I can figure out how I did the first one, LOL....Thanks for replying though, and hopefully the new pics will give a better idea...Oh, the tree doesn't bear any fruit, or flower....

I think this might help...

More pics

more pics

And this one...

if the leaves are opposite (leaves are in the same position on opposite sides of the stem/two leaves at each point on the stem then you probably have an osmanthus of some sort possibly either o. fragrans/"sweet olive" or o x fortunei--a hybrid of fragrans and another species. in any case, when and if they flower, the individual flowers will be small but sweetly scented---like ripe apricots some say. the fruits will be black sort of like small olives (osmanthus like privet is a member of the olive family). hope this may help.

Yeah, I'd say judging by the opposite leaf arrangement and presence of some leaf spines, it's an Osmanthus x fortunei. They tend to lose some of their spines on mature foliage.

It would help to know the bloom period (length) and what the fragrance is like -- also to some degree bloom color. Fragrans smells like fruit loops and is powerful. Can bloom up to two months.

X fortunei not quite as much fragrance and only blooms for several weeks.

I think you can probably prune to your heart's content -- maybe in early spring.

Mine have leaves all the way to the ground and I did not choose to prune any of the lower growth. I tend to like them that way for my purpose.

I've seen these pruned as more of a low hedge, so they can be pruned lower. They do want to grow maybe 15 to 20 feet or more naturally -- depending on where you live.

This post was edited by dave_in_nova on Tue, Feb 3, 15 at 14:08