Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Les Hemmings
writes
Not got a pic but it's a border / shrub / hedge grows like
Cotoneaster but more erect, pale green tiny leaves & delicious
looking purple berries at the moment. Used by councils for shrub
beds all over Kent it seems!

Unfortunately Cotoneasters have a variety of habits ranging from
creeping shrubs (C. adpressus) to trees (C. frigidus), so a comparison
with Cotoneaster doesn't help me.

Privet honeysuckle (Lonicera pileata) is widely used in amenity
plantings, has purple berries, and might be considered to have a
similar habit to wall cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis).


You nailed it with Lonicera pileata Stewart! Thank you! ) My mistake with
the leaves... you can be hedge trimming stuff half the day and STILL get it
wrong!

Thanks Sacha, Janet... you've given me some great ideas for my prurple
berry fetish. Much apreciated!

Les