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Could you identify this dying berry bush/tree?

d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8
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Hi all

I've just moved house and i'm getting my head around what's in our gardens. Please could someone tell me what this Berry Tree/Bush is?

It's definitely not happy - losing its leaves fast and has markings all over its leaves.

Is it worth saving? And if so - any tips?

Thank you in advance.

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  • d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8

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  • d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8

    Amazing!

    Thank you Philippa. I've been searching on the internet for the last 3 hours. Do I need to cut this back? If so, how hard? It's looking pretty ugly to be honest and the leaves are just floating off....

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    I would  cut all the straggly bits off - take it down say to about half the height.

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • GinglyganglyGinglygangly Posts: 243

    give it a  hard prune and it will spring back next ...um... spring! you can treat them pretty unkindly. Good advice from DF about keeping them in check. I prune the berries off mine. It flowers reliably in a pretty shady spot in my garden

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Hack it right back before next spring, It improves the look 100%

    That's Hypericum androsaemum, Known as St Johns Wort or Rose of Sharon now with every other hypericum.

    How anyone knows which plant they're discussing is a mystery to meimage

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8

    Ok great stuff. Thank you everyone! Can't wait to get this one cut back, it looks dreadful.

    Can I move it now too? Seeing as it's kind of finished doing its thing for this year? I want to plant my Pieris where it currently is.

  • d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8

    Haha. No that's good advice. I've just planted my Pieris this morning but then wondered if I should have bagged the spot this dying shrub is taking.

    I shall speak tut other half as he seems to like all the plants I don't. Typical! 

     

  • d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8

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    Yep - just did that.... Naughty me!

    I shall say that I was advised of course.

    Thank you very much for your input!

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Hi Philippa, yes St Johns Wort was H. perfoliatum 

    and Rose of Sharon was H calcyninum, the creepy invasive one.

    Now both names seem to be used for anything in the genus. Or maybe it's just the sites I visit that don't know what's what.

    I blame the likes of Wikipaediaimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • d1rtyf1ngersd1rtyf1ngers Posts: 8

    One day I shall know all these things!

     

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