Verdun ... I dont like it either, it sprung up from no where and took over, I called it a shrimp tree, dont know why, maybe because of the colour, or the segments.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I used to call it a shrimp bush too, but now I've looked it up a shrimp bush is not the same family and it's not hardy. Mine doesn't seem to seed itself, but perhaps that's because the ground is well-covered by periwinkle (which is trying to take over!)
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I grew 2 from seed,I call it the shrimp plant but of course its what dove from above said,its a lovely plant that needs to be kept in check,but the berries look lovely in winter(when its not raining buckets)
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That's weird, it doesn't normally grow more than 2.5 metres and that takes about 5 years.
2.5 meters is bigger than its ever got for me. Might be because bits always die off in winter and get cut to base in spring.
In the sticks near Peterborough
same family caprifoliaceae, different genus
Can't say I like them much but that may be because they don't do well here. Seed around as you say but to no good effect.
In the sticks near Peterborough
well I have to say, it loves the Surrey soil.
It must do. You can't imagine the pathetic specimens seen here.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Verdun ... I dont like it either, it sprung up from no where and took over, I called it a shrimp tree, dont know why, maybe because of the colour, or the segments.
I used to call it a shrimp bush too, but now I've looked it up a shrimp bush is not the same family and it's not hardy. Mine doesn't seem to seed itself, but perhaps that's because the ground is well-covered by periwinkle (which is trying to take over!)
I grew 2 from seed,I call it the shrimp plant but of course its what dove from above said,its a lovely plant that needs to be kept in check,but the berries look lovely in winter(when its not raining buckets)
Just read its common name is Himalayan Nutmeg