Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Plant/weed ID please

SandygardenSandygarden Posts: 119
in Plants
Appeared this year amongst my Mum’s hydrangeas

Posts

  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    leycesteria formosa?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2020
    pitter-patter said:
    leycesteria formosa?
    I agree ... 100%
    Often a gift from a passing bird

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





  • SandygardenSandygarden Posts: 119
    Had to google that one! It might be... perhaps I need to wait for some flowers. 
  • Lynne102Lynne102 Posts: 6
    I would agree. When we lived in the country near the coast we referred to it as pheasant food as it flowers and berries.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Young plants look nothing like the adult plants.
    pitter patter is perfectly correct.....Leycesteria formosa.
    Common names include.Himalayan honeysuckle,flowering nutmeg, Himalaya nutmeg, granny's curls or pheasant berry,

     
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • SandygardenSandygarden Posts: 119
    wow! Really impressive ID skills, thank you so much
Sign In or Register to comment.