By Lizzie_b
Fife, United Kingdom
Can anyone tell me what this bush is please,it's taking over.?
- 1 Aug, 2015
Answers
Thank you,think I need to move it to the corner.?
1 Aug, 2015
Hi Lizzie and welcome to GoY. How big is this shrub? I'm not sure it is contoneaster by the way berries don't look right. Now is not the time to move anything wait until late September early October to do.
1 Aug, 2015
Thanks M G,and thank you for the add,it's about 7ft high and 3 feet wide.in winter it's just a bare twig.I will wait till Sept to move it that's if the roots are not every where.its 3 yrs old but it's just grown wild this summer.lol.thanks
1 Aug, 2015
At that height and width it is going to be a challenge to move. Make sure you take a big enough rootball and have the new planting hole ready prior to digging out, keep well watered.
1 Aug, 2015
It looks very much like the shrubby Lonicera which we have as a hedge. Did it have small. yellow/white honeysuckle like flowers before the berries?
1 Aug, 2015
Agree with Owdboggy, Lonicera fragrantissima, one of the shrubby honeysuckles. Height and spread, if left unpruned, 2 metres by 3 metres, so needs plenty of room.
1 Aug, 2015
Not so sure about it being fragrantissima, we have another one which flowers in late Spring, unscented which produces lots of red berries and is a real thug, both from exuberant growth and seeding everywhere. One of these days I will find out what it actually is.
1 Aug, 2015
Thanks guys,I cut it right down last year but it was no where near as big and it was just leaves.I will take the given advice.cheers
2 Aug, 2015
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