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Please ID this shrub

IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
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What is this plant? I don’t know if I bought it, took a random cutting or if it sprouted up by itself. It’s in a pot in the first pic, in the ground in the second it’s about 4ft high and the last pic is the flower which looks a bit insignificant. The photos have uploaded randomly sorry. And should it stay or should it go? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Leycesteria formosa ... often spread by birds as they like the berries. 
    It can get rampant but is easily controlled. Loved by bees. 

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





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Yes, also called Himalayan honeysuckle and Pheasant Berry.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The berries are edible and taste of nutmeg, but you wouldn't want too many of them.
    I cut mine back to about 6-12" in the spring and it shoots up to about 4ft over the season

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Thank you, I had the fear that it was knotweed at first whilst trying to google it. I’ll look into this. The birds here seem to get up to all sorts. Thanks again.
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