Gardening Questions Plant name

That my friend is Leycesteria formosa. Got various common names, and a rather nice plant. It does occasionally self seed too.

Self seeding is very true be sure you like this one, it grows like a weed in my garden. It's a guest in the garden that will over stay it's welcome if you let it.

I have to admit that I don't like it - there were three in the garden when we came here and I got rid of all of them - so I thought. To my surprise there is one growing on top of the wall above the stream where I can't reach it! it must have been a bird dropping a berry, I suppose.

Iv'e always known this as "Himalayan Honeysuckle". It can grow as a weed as the birds help it self seed. But grown as a large shrub it can look quite nice.

Common name here is Pheasant Berry. I quite like it Spritzhenry, it is a very good tough old standby and you can get one with goldish leaves. But it is a very good selfseeder.

Thanks everyone for your answers and comments. I must admit I was disappointed the first time it flowered. The leaf shape and form of the shrub isn't very attractive, the golden form sounds a lot better Wyeboy. Think I will leave it till Autumn then plant a brighter shrub in it's place.

Many thanks again.

I didn't like the way they tended to 'flop' in the wind, and the tips of the stems always died off even though I pruned them properly! Then I found Henry eating the berries and that did it! Out they came and NO regrets!

Yes, I know what you mean, and it does have a look of being poisonous. Close up the racemes look interesting,but on the whole it's a bit boring, and I haven't enough room for that!

There is a white flowered version of it which I have yet to see, but was given some seeds of it.
By the way the berries are not poisonous.