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Shrub Identity Help.

ShieldBugShieldBug Posts: 3
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Could someone help me to name this bushy, aromatic shrub which is thriving in my border. It's main charachteristic is the pleasant, peppery scent filling the air around it, especially when damp. It freely self seeds as seen in the second photo. It bears clusters of black berries almost continuously. 




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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Hypericum sp.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello Kenny and welcome to the forum. Your plant looks like one of the Hypericum or St John's Wort family. Does it have yellow flowers before the black berries ripen?
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • ShieldBugShieldBug Posts: 3
    edited May 2020
    Thank you @Silver surfer would never have got there on my own. I think the yellow flowers come later @Ladybird4 . So yes, I see now it is a St John's Wort. Thank you. Very helpful for ongoing care.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Sorry @Silver surfer. As sometimes happens, your post wasn't showing when I typed mine.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited May 2020
    Ladybird4 said:
    Sorry @Silver surfer. As sometimes happens, your post wasn't showing when I typed mine.
    Snap! Not a problem..it often happens.
    At least we are in total agreement!

    KennyD said:
    Thank you @Silver surfer would never have got there on my own. I think the yellow flowers come later.

    First come the flowers followed by the black berries.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It probably holds on to some of the previous year's berries through the winter.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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