Spindle

Second prize for most unremarkable plant goes to the Spindle Tree.  The leaves are rather like a weedy privet.  The young shoots are green but develop four longitudinal stripes of light brown 'bark' which make the stem feel square in section.

 At this time of year there is a 'magnificent' display of four-petalled, greenish flowers with four sticky-uppy stamens.  I shouldn't mock, as they are quite pretty in a quiet way but easily overlooked.

And in autumn they give way to the bright pink fruits which split open four ways to reveal the orange seeds inside.