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Plant ID please...
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! Les |
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Plant ID please...
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). (But I see that you've just replied to Janet saying the leaves are alternate - that eliminates Lonicera, which has opposite leaves.) The classic purple-berried shrub is beautyberry (Callicarpa), but that (in my experience) used in amenity plantings, and it also has opposite leaves. Les -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Plant ID please...
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 |
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Plant ID please...
Les Hemmings wrote:
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! Lonicera nitida. Don't eat the berries! -- Rusty |
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In message , Rusty Hinge
writes Les Hemmings wrote: 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! Lonicera nitida. For clarification Lonicera pileata (privet honeysuckle) and Lonicera nitida (box honeysuckle) are similar, and hybrids between them confuse the issue further. The rule of thumb I use for distinguishing them is that Lonicera pileata has a spreading/arching habit, and Lonicera nitida an erect habit. In my experience Lonicera nitida rarely fruits in this country, but perhaps things are different in the southeast. Don't eat the berries! -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
For clarification Lonicera pileata (privet honeysuckle) and Lonicera nitida (box honeysuckle) are similar, and hybrids between them confuse the issue further. The rule of thumb I use for distinguishing them is that Lonicera pileata has a spreading/arching habit, and Lonicera nitida an erect habit. In my experience Lonicera nitida rarely fruits in this country, but perhaps things are different in the southeast. Don't eat the berries! Arching / spreading suits... not erect. And I used the term "delicious looking" after seeing the translucent, dew laden berries under a gloriously blue & sunny winter sky. Don't worry... not about to try them! L |
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On Nov 18, 5:11*pm, "Les Hemmings" wrote:
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: For clarification Lonicera pileata (privet honeysuckle) and Lonicera nitida (box honeysuckle) are similar, and hybrids between them confuse the issue further. The rule of thumb I use for distinguishing them is that Lonicera pileata has a spreading/arching habit, and Lonicera nitida an erect habit. In my experience Lonicera nitida rarely fruits in this country, but perhaps things are different in the southeast. Don't eat the berries! Arching / spreading suits... *not erect. And I used the term "delicious looking" after seeing the translucent, dew laden berries under a gloriously blue & sunny winter sky. Don't worry... *not about to try them! L Our L. Pileata was covered in berries this autumn, once they were ripe thet lasted less than 2 days, the birds hit them like a plague of locusts. I didn't have time to get out with the camera. David |
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Plant ID please...
Janet wrote:
In article , says... 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! Les sounds like berberis Darwinii. Orange flowers in spring. Should be obtainable from any GC Just had a peek on Google images... not the one Janet, thanks for trying though! Not prickly at all, leaves are REALLY tiny and alternate in much the same manner as Cotonoeaster. Had to trim a border / hedge stuffed with it today. Was waist high & dense. Pale, woody stems... Les |
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