Shrub IDs wanted

Thanks for all your replies. It is probably not the best time of year for photographs so:

1. could be perennial cornflower
2. flowering currant
3. hebe
4. could be Abelia, pittosporum tenuifolium, winter honeysuckle or something else (better photograph if possible flowers/bracts, leaves).

I've sent her a link to the thread so she can see your replies. She is living in London.