I went on holiday to Cornwall in November and these hedges with berries were all over the coast. A few different kinds I think. I just found one on common land right near my house. I wondered what they are please.
That's common ivy - Hedera helix. The leaves are much more lobed near the ground; once the ivy has grown upwards they lose their lobes, and the ivy flowers. Those berries follow the bunches of little flowers which provide a lot of food for wildlife.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Sometimes described as ‘arboreal ivy’ ... at this stage it doesn’t cling and climb but grows bushy and as had been said it flowers and fruits ... it is at this stage it is so valuable to wildlife.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's lovely when it gets like that - there's a bit near me which is flowering just now. It takes a little while to get to that stage, but worth it for wildlife
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You can get a small shrub propagated from just the flowering tips. It makes a mounded evergreen plant. Very pretty, though slow to get going. Look for arboreal forms.
If you want it as a hedge you'd need a framework to grow it on.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It takes a little while to get to that stage, but worth it for wildlife
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you want it as a hedge you'd need a framework to grow it on.