Spanish bluebells invading from next door . Blasted nuisance how do you get rid of them . ? Also again chrysanthemum, periwinkle , forget me nots , all make my list
It’s Callicarpa for me. I love all shades of purple in flowers but for berries, it’s just wrong.
I love the callicarpa. But we're all different.
Added: The berries are a different colour because birds tend to eat them in a particular order - and the callicarpa ones are at the later end of the berry season. We have red pyracantha, yellow pyracantha, orange pyracantha, and the blue/purple (I'm colour blind) callicarpa.
Mind you, it's the redcurrants that get hit first!!
I totally agree with your sentiments @GardenerSuze, but I accept that not everyone likes grasses. Not only can they be drought tolerant but they are also relatively disease free, don't require support, and slugs don't touch them. Plus they suit my dry, sandy soil! But, if you don't like them, you don't like them!
Spotted laurel and Viburnum tinus have been mentioned. OK they may not be the most beautiful of plants but I have a lime tree on my border with the road and I want to blot out the view of my garden from the road. Those two are so good natured they grow in those conditions.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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The berries are a different colour because birds tend to eat them in a particular order - and the callicarpa ones are at the later end of the berry season.
We have red pyracantha, yellow pyracantha, orange pyracantha, and the blue/purple (I'm colour blind) callicarpa.
Mind you, it's the redcurrants that get hit first!!
As the days go by, the memory reduces.
So to answer your question - probably forever!!
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."