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I hope someone will be able to identify this plant for me .

osckar.fieldosckar.field Posts: 35
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On one of my walks I noticed this plant with tiny little red flowers climbing up a wall. As the weeks went by the flowers changed to small little green beads which have now grown in to large black beads. I would like to know are these black beads the seeds of the plant and if so can I safe them for planting in my garden. I would like to know the name of this plant. All help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Looks/sounds like Jasminum beesianum



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    I agree. 
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • osckar.fieldosckar.field Posts: 35
    Thank you very much Dovefromabove for identifying the plant. Looking forward to purchasing it now that we have the name.
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Be aware that it can grow very vigorously once it gets going. Even though I hard pruned mine with shears annually it still pulled down the top half of a six foot trellis in high winds. I dug it out earlier this year.

    If you've space and a strong support for for it to grow up, go for it 😊
  • osckar.fieldosckar.field Posts: 35
    Dovefromabove said:
    Looks/sounds like Jasminum beesianum

    I hope you received our thanks for identifying our plant. We are very much looking forward to purchasing it and having it in our own garden.P.S. I hope this is the right place to post our reply.

  • osckar.fieldosckar.field Posts: 35
    Thank you Kitty it is a block wall that we want to cover and it looks like you have just given us the green light to go and plant. Now that we know that it grows vigorously.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    And yes, the black "beads" contain the seeds.  Not sure how easy it would be to grow a plant from seed though - it would certainly be quicker and simpler to buy a plant, especially if you have a wall which needs covering in a hurry!
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • osckar.fieldosckar.field Posts: 35
    Thank you Liriodendron. We will try to grow from seeds but we will also buy the plant as we are in a hurry to cover the block wall.
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    @osckar.field. Just to add, it's not a self clinging climber. You will need to put wires or a trellis on the wall, something it can scramble up.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    We have one growing in our garden against an east facing fence. It is absolutely beautiful, bees love it and it doesn't seem to require any special care (at least we never bothered and it seems to be coping just fine). It does spread a little, but is easy to keep in place if needed. Keeps some foliage over winter (here in South-East). Didn't seem to like that super hot summer too much, but survived it without being watered. Definitely a keeper :)
    Surrey
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