On 04/11/2016 13:33, 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.

On what sort of soil? It thrives on my heavy clay soil in good sun and
seedlings come up quite often. It does OK at my parents on thin sandy
soil too but is less vigorous. But the huge surprise is that at my
brother-in-law's also on heavy clay but not in full sun it has gone into
turbo boost growth mode and is now huge and about 4m tall.

I presume those conditions must really suit it, but it remains a big
surprise to me that its size can vary so much with location.

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Regards,
Martin Brown