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hi i am a florist i don't think any of the above mentioned plants would be right as they are not ones normally stocked by florist - unlikely to be used in a mothers day arrangement unless requested by the customer. you say that this plant looks like hypericum but pink? well you can get dutch hypericum which comes in pink, is it like a coral pink? long straight stem which they are kind of in sprays at the end? thick woody stem? if so think it is a hypericum, but not sure how hardy it would be in this country as i have never seen one growing this colour, and i know that they are imported as cut flowers, but then the dutch do some strange things with plants to make them grow out of the ordanary just for us lovely florists and flower arrangers! so don't be suprized if the berries on the bush you have are standard burgandy red or orange, - but i would be interested to know if you do get the pink ones back from it though! regards angela.

I agree with spritzhenry, it could be. If it is ,not a lot of people like this plant, the berries I think are poisonous.

Could it be a Pernettia? Some varieties have pink berries...

The common Calicarpa has purple berries.

Pinkish berries - my immediate thought is callicarpa?

if not, what size were the berries and what colour were the leaves... and any idea where the bouquet came from?? Cheers

Hey Puss, if you could post a picture of any bit of the plant it might help.

You would have to copy and paste that link into your address bar. Sorry

Look here for more info on this plant. Personally I thought all Lonicera berries were poisoous, but apparently not. http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Lonicera+canadensis