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Number 2 looks like Euonymus. If it is, they make a nice compact bush if trimmed down.Otherwise they will be stringy. I've had several different kinds over the years. Slow growing, but nice colors. I had two of the tulip magnolias, that were two years old when we moved, and they looked like the day we planted them. They never really "bushed" out like I had hoped they would. They stayed stringy looking. Number 4, the red tip photenia was the shrub of choice in our neck of the woods. They make a real nice hedge if planted right next to each other so the limbs can mesh together. When you trim them, then if it rains, or if you water them, the new growth comes out a real bright red. I had to keep them trimmed or else they looked scraggly.
I have 30 camillia plants in my backyard here in Central Fl and I have 2-3 that look like your pictures and I have lost track of the names. I belong to a Camillia Society but I don't participate much in a formal way. I just love the flowers and the beautiful shrubs themselves. I have a couple of red ones almost identical to your red one. You have some treasures.
Most have been identified as well as can be from the pictures. I wouldn't want to guess on the Camellias, especially from a picture where color won't be perfectly accurate. There are far too many varieties that are very similar to one another.
The Holly looks like one of three candidates of the more spiny varieties. The closest in leaf shape would be Holly 'Emily Bruner' pictured here from Long Creek Farms website
Red-semi double form
white-formal double form
pink-peony form
Beyond that you probably need a horticulturist that specializes in Camellias to identify the specific cultivar.
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