Posted by Alan \(BigAl\) on July 11, 2011, 3:11 pm
http://s1102.photobucket.com/albums/g444/bigalinsk/
This is about 4 ft high and has hollow stems which can be up to about 10 or
12 mm thick.
I am not sure how it came to sit in the corner of the garden, but I like it.
It is in a terrible spot and I should like to relocate it, but where and in
what sort of conditions?
Alan
Posted by Chris Hogg on July 11, 2011, 3:49 pm
wrote:
>http://s1102.photobucket.com/albums/g444/bigalinsk/
>This is about 4 ft high and has hollow stems which can be up to about 10 or
>12 mm thick.
>I am not sure how it came to sit in the corner of the garden, but I like it.
>It is in a terrible spot and I should like to relocate it, but where and in
>what sort of conditions?
>Alan
Looks like Leycesteria formosa aka Pheasant berry.
See for example
http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_029.htm
although the flowers on yours don't seem as red as the ones in the
picture there.
--
Chris
Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
Posted by Bob Hobden on July 11, 2011, 4:54 pm
"Chris Hogg" wrote
> "Alan \(BigAl\)" wrote:
> >http://s1102.photobucket.com/albums/g444/bigalinsk/
> >
> >This is about 4 ft high and has hollow stems which can be up to about 10
> >or
> >12 mm thick.
> >I am not sure how it came to sit in the corner of the garden, but I like
> >it.
> >It is in a terrible spot and I should like to relocate it, but where and
> >in
> >what sort of conditions?
> >
> Looks like Leycesteria formosa aka Pheasant berry.
> See for example
> http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_029.htm
> although the flowers on yours don't seem as red as the ones in the
> picture there.
Yes, it does seem very pale flowered. Normally they are quite red/brown.
I don't think it's too fussy about where it grows which is why it's growing
so well in a "terrible spot".
-- Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by Alan \(BigAl\) on July 11, 2011, 5:53 pm
>> http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_029.htm
>> although the flowers on yours don't seem as red as the ones in the
>> picture there.
>>
> Yes, it does seem very pale flowered. Normally they are quite red/brown.
> I don't think it's too fussy about where it grows which is why it's
> growing so well in a "terrible spot".
> -- Regards
> Bob Hobden
> W.of London. UK
Could it be lack of sun that is stopping the development of deep colour. It
is under a bramley apple tree and is a stranger to direct sunshine.
Alan
Posted by Sacha on July 11, 2011, 6:22 pm
> http://s1102.photobucket.com/albums/g444/bigalinsk/
>
> This is about 4 ft high and has hollow stems which can be up to about 10 or
> 12 mm thick.
> I am not sure how it came to sit in the corner of the garden, but I like it.
> It is in a terrible spot and I should like to relocate it, but where and in
> what sort of conditions?
>
>
> Alan
Leycesteria formosa aka false nutmeg. It seeds itself all over the place!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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>This is about 4 ft high and has hollow stems which can be up to about 10 or
>12 mm thick.
>I am not sure how it came to sit in the corner of the garden, but I like it.
>It is in a terrible spot and I should like to relocate it, but where and in
>what sort of conditions?
>Alan