Unknown Plant ?
By Outlander
- 20 Aug, 2014
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This was in the garden of the guest house we stayed in last week down in Ramsgate, seems to have a lot going on, flowers, buds, red berries, black berries. I would be pleased if someone could enlighten me.
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It's a Leycesteria Formosa or to give it its common name Pheasant Berry or Himalayan Honeysuckle,lovely shrub I have one called 'Golden lanterns'with gold leaves, love it :-)
As Marybells has discovered it does self seed too :-)
20 Aug, 2014
the cutter* should be cutting* :-)
and that's true Simbad :-) from the information my friend told me
i did discover that the plant can self-seed and in the case of my friends mothers Leycesteria Formosa it may have been a small animal or bird that (shall we say)deposited it (the seed) in hers mothers garden, then in turn i was given.
iam pleased you have the name Outlander :-)
20 Aug, 2014
I discovered my first seedling this year Marybells which I'll move to a better spot in the autumn :-), none from the gold leaved one yet, I ll have to take cuttings as I would like another of that one too :-)
20 Aug, 2014
ive Just quickly looked at the plant 'Golden lanterns' very nice
indeed :-) all the best with the cuttings :-)
20 Aug, 2014
Thank you so much for your comments and info, now I'll find out if its hardy enough to survive a Scottish winter.
20 Aug, 2014
Hi Outlander - Here in North Ayrshire. I have both the green and yellow leaved Leycesteria and have had for about 7 years - some of the canes may die back but you can cut it down to the ground and it will regrow
21 Aug, 2014
that sounds encouraging Outlander it seems it is :-)
21 Aug, 2014
Yeah, Thanks Wendy, I reside in the Hamilton region so if its Ok in Ayrshire it'll be fine here.
22 Aug, 2014
No problem Outlander
22 Aug, 2014
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this is such a beautiful bloom the plants name ive forgotten tho sorry.
i have two of these in my garden a friend had one of the two appear in her mothers garden which she dug up and gave to me :-) then from that i took a cutter which is the second plant.
just yesterday i was reading a very lovely blog on here and this particular plant was feature in there :-).
hope you find out the name, if i remember will let you know!
nice capture.
20 Aug, 2014