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By Julien

Derbyshire, United Kingdom Gb

ID please, this is from a very large shrub that is deciduous and responds well to hard pruning, i would sa that the stems are similar to weigelia, the flowers are very small and are, yellow/red and tubular thanks for any help, julien.



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Hooray its worked, dont laugh but this took along time to sort out.

19 Jun, 2011

 

No idea.
Is it an outdoor plant?
It does look a little like a Cupphea of some description, but I'm sure that's well wide of the mark!

19 Jun, 2011

 

I wondered if it could be a Lantana. I didn't think that there were any hardy enough to survive outdoors in Derbyshire, but wouldn't it be lovely if there were.

19 Jun, 2011

 

Hi, its a Lonicera ledebourii, fully hardy can get quite large if not pruned back hard.

19 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Plantaholic, and for everyones help, having been gardening nearly all my life i have never before come across this shrub before, I was wondering plantaholic if you can propagate this shrub?

19 Jun, 2011

 

Hats off to Plantaholic! Great ID there :-) Gotta learn something every day......

19 Jun, 2011

 

Lonicera involucrata var. ledebourii, to be precise - a great and very under-used shrub that we have in the garden here.

It produces attractive black berries in the spent flower bracts too from which new plants can readily be raised. Like most Honeysuckles it also comes easily from soft or hardwood cuttings, which is how it's propagated commercially.

20 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks for the advice Ilex.

20 Jun, 2011

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