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Can anyone identify this please

Novice23Novice23 Posts: 200
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Was given this as a miniscule cutting and told it was Penstemon.  Have nurtured it, but it looks nothing like my other Penstemons.  Can anyone identify it or have I been cosseting a weed?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    leysesteria formosa?
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think you’re right @Hostafan1 😃 

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





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    One thing is sure, it's not a penstemon!
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • MoominMamaMoominMama Posts: 36
    Looks like Honesty to me.
  • Novice23Novice23 Posts: 200
    Have kept this over winter and I think it is leysesteria formosa, as it is similar to one in my neighbours garden.  So guess the Penstemon didn't make it.   This looks quite vigorous so wondered whether it needs sun or whether I could put in it a shady but bare part of my garden.  Any thoughts very welcome please.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Leycesteria formosa.....can get rather large.
    Pretty well bomb proof.
    Sun or shade.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Novice23Novice23 Posts: 200
    Yup that looks like my neighbours plant.  Thanks Silver Surfer, will try it in the shady bit at the bottom of the garden.   
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    One of my absolute favourite weeds!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    I prune my plant down to 6 inches to keep it a manageable size as it was gifted to me by a passing bird next to a hydrangea. 
  • Novice23Novice23 Posts: 200
    Yup that looks like my neighbours plant.  Thanks Silver Surfer, will try it in the shady bit at the bottom of the garden.   
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