Thanks @Dolph Ins but I think I'll go with the Ligularia as the first thing The Google threw up was 'must be in shade' and it looks a bit different - if I can find one that'll do.Not quite six foot, or a shrub, but loves shade. Also needs to be kept in damp moist soil.
Ligularia is your friend.
I'm sure you know for certain, as it yours, but looking at that pic, is it definitely Bamboo and not Spanish Reed Grass?
Beware though, slugs and snails love it! But it's a proper doer if you can get it established.
Yes, definitely bamboo
You may be able to snip from the points it's escaping from at the barrier. The escaped parts look from the picture as though they may originate in only a few pieces of running rhizome. In that case they'll probably be fairly shallow and depending upon access as you've other shrubs nearby, you may simply be able to start loosening the furthest shoot and pull up a string of others. It's troublesome once established but nipped in the bud it won't be too bad. There are lots of lovely new plants in the making there though!
Thanks, I’ll give that a go.
We acquired one of these about 3 years ago (it just appeared, apparently they're self-seeding) and is now about 8ft tall. My sister-in-law, who is a professional gardener, identified it straight away. and, after consulting Dr Google, discovered it is also called a himalayan honeysuckle or chocolate berry. Initially they produce large purple flowers followed by the berries which take the form of minature bunches of grapes. Once they ripen and turn the colour of milk chocolate (hence the alternate name) the initial taste is what you would expect but the aftertaste is one of toffee/burnt sugar. I am thinking about harvesting some seeds this year, can anyone suggest the best method of propagation?
A big fat nothing. No rain for weeks and very little in the last couple of months
You won't get many shrubs for shade that flower.
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I got in yesterday to see the area in question bathed in sunshine.You won't get many shrubs for shade that flower.
One way of getting a bit of colour under shade is to use variegated plants. Some lose their variegation in shade, but this one doesn't. - Aucuba crotonifolia.
GCCM suggested Aucuba or Fatsia. Both have varigated varieties, but the one above is the one for me.Buy Aucuba japonica Crotonifolia (Spotted Laurel) in the UK
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I love an Echium. I've only got 3 in my garden in flower this year, but the ground is covered in thousands of seedlings for next year.
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They look lovely Jack!I love an Echium. I've only got 3 in my garden in flower this year, but the ground is covered in thousands of seedlings for next year.
I've just ordered 3 packets of these;
Echium X Wildpretii 'Red Rocket' Seeds (15+ seeds) (Tower of Jewels) - Plant World Seeds
Echium X Wildpretii 'Red Rocket' Seeds (15+ seeds) (Tower of Jewels) - Plant World Seeds. The amazing show-stopper, Echium wildpretii, is one of the world's most impressive plants with its 3 to 4 foot spike of raspberry-red flowers erupting from a swan's nest of thin, grey hairy leaves. But it...
I may suggest some of those for work.
Record numbers of asparagus (records kept over the last 5 years). They like water (hose) and sun and don't seem to care about the cold (no more than 14 degrees here till 2 days ago, and still struggling to hit 20, but blue skies after midday every day).
Ha! Same deal here. We do Faversham Open Gardens (well, did, till health and safety closed it, the council telling us all we need to be insured to let the public into our gardens). I sold pots of seedlings for my neighbour's charity. Our garden was quite a popular part of the day. I love echium. Those red ones Jack has found are very tempting.They look lovely Jack!
Ours are just Echium Pininana. Like you say, they seed everywhere!
We let them grow on only where we want them around the veg garden as Bee hotels, but visitors love them so much that we let them do their own thing in that sheltered bed. Always get asked about them, even now, when they have become quite fashionable and popular.
Health and Safety gone mad eh? Best not be getting folk gathering around the Echiums in short sleeves then
