I liked this small tree so much that I had planned on bringing a small sapling home to transplant. After finding the owner of the property was an elderly lady and confined to a nursing home, I gave up my idea and decided instead to "admire them from the road".
To make a long story short I stopped off at the bank in town this morning. What met my eyes as I parked was what seemed to be my "Mystery Shrub" directly in front of the truck. There were four of them carefully planted along the walkway of the bank's main entrance. I usually go through the drive-through window for small transactions, but today was just a whim to bank inside. I am so glad I found this little "mystery tree", and that I might now know what it is! Having reviewed the posts below I now must conclude that my
Mystery is still un-solved!