Jeff Layman wrote:
On 04/11/16 10:43, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
I managed to grab a bunch of the berries from a Pheasant Berry bush in a
local wood, hoping to grow one. What ought I to do with them now? Can
the seeds, removed from the fruit, now be grown indoors? Or are they
the sort of thing that needs to spend a winter in the soil?

It spreads like a weed, so it won't make any difference. If you have
enough berries, you can try both. But as it is hardy, I'd just put the
seeds in a pot, put it outside, and forget about it until spring when
you should see the seedlings start to grow.

By the way, in my experience it's not a long-lived shrub - maybe a dozen
or so years before it starts going into decline.


I'd heard that it is short-lived. There is one in a garden near ours
that always seems to have looked tired, and really suffers in Winter.
The one I see in the wood seems to be extremely healthy, and I've been
walking past it for at least ten years. The flowers fascinate me for
some reason. The berries are quite nice, too.