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Please can someone identify my unusual shrub.

debrarafe

debrarafe Posts: 2

September 2020 in The potting shed

I have an unusual shrub in the garden which has long dark red spikes containing small flowers. The shrub completely dies down in winter and becomes very large in the Summer. I would love to know more about it, please and maybe take a cutting. Thanks again, Debra

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Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

September 2020 edited September 2020

American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana

Devon.
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Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

September 2020 edited September 2020

You beat me to it @Hostafan1

More info here https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/12895/American-pokeweed/Details

Welcome to the forum @debrarafe

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

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Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

September 2020

Dovefromabove said:

You beat me to it @Hostafan1

"If you snooze: you lose"

Devon.
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Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

September 2020

Hostafan1 said:

Dovefromabove said:

You beat me to it @Hostafan1

"If you snooze: you lose"

I was making the coffee

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

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debrarafe Posts: 2

September 2020

Thank you so much for your expert knowledge.
kind regards
Debra

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