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Plant ID

Hi, can anyone tel me what this is please? I have had it for years and I have forgotten its name? It is a bout 8ft high and 4ft wide with long, think cane like stems that die back at the end of the year. It flowers with a purple almost grape/berry like flower with pinks and whites.


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2019
    Leycesteria formosa ... aka Himalayan honeysuckle. 

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





  • Oh your Good! Bang on! Thanks so much. I better write it on a label this time :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If you forget you can ask again ... makes us feel needed 🤣 

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





  •  :D 
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