Can you identify this shrub?/

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Sorry can't help, but it is beautiful.

I think it's Leycesteria or Pheasant Berry. We've got a couple of them in our garden.

Thanks Ana I'll check that out. It's in flower now when the garden needs some colour

It does throw a lot of seedlings, though, which have to be removed before they get established.

And the blackbirds love the berries and poo purple stain all over the patio!

Yes, that is definitely it Ana thanks

Yes. Lycesteria formentosa. We have one that has to be kept in check.

Fuscia?

The mystery's been solved, Sugarpuff, if you read the thread!

I think this shrub is also known as the false nutmeg or flowering nutmeg or Himalayan honeysuckle.

Glad this thread has been booted as I gave an update. Last week I went Pheasant Berry hunting. Tried three garden centres / nurseries and at the last one I found one at last, a very sad specimen, in completely dry compost, broken branches and in a very sorry state. They wanted £15 but after haggling I got it for £7.

It's now been watered and fed and is perking up nicely. Just looking for a larger pot to transfer it into until I clear a space in the front garden.

Again thanks.

Goodness, I thought they were virtually weeds! I've got several healthy specimens in my garden - pity we don't live nearer to each other Anya!

I welcomed the first of them to appear uninvited in my garden as an unusual and attractive plant. Since then I have pulled out hundreds of seedlings.

They seed everywhere! Very happy to give them away too.
£7 , where do you live Anya?

I've never seen them in gardens around here. The photos were taken in the Forest of Dean. My plant is responding nicely to some TLC and chicken sh poo manure.

Does this mean I'll have a forest of them round here?

I live in Warwickshire loopy 6 miles from Stratford upon Avon.

Just come across this old thread but would like to 'reanimate it' as the GNHQ call it, in the hope someone can advise how to prune an old one that has grown really tall, too tall. I tried on my own but have been left with hollow dry twigs and don't wish to lose the plant completely.

Yes I have one as well. It seeds prolifically. You can cut it really hard back.

It will sprout from the hollow stems. They do seed alarmingly, but are useful for screening, in the right place!

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In french it's a pheasant tree - arbre aux faisans. Very pretty.

Thank you. Will stop worrying about losing it and do a brave cut back.

Hi
It's a leycesteria Formosa - common name Himalayan honeysuckle. I have 3!! They are lovely and do seed quite easily from their berries at the end of the season.
Enjoy