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Can anyone identify this shrub :)
Paul Anderson
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Just saw it today and thought it might be a hebe but wanted to check
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Are you sure it's a shrub? It looks like one of the phytolaccas
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Nutcutlet, I have no idea what it is, I doubted it being a hebe but its definitely not a phytolaccas as I have just googled many images.
Can not remember where I saw it, in a St Albans garden I think
Phytolacca acinosa esculenta
from here
http://www.toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?family=Phytolaccaceae
In the sticks near Peterborough
Well that is a convincing photo, its hard to argue with that, I think your actually right it must be a phytolacca, the google photos are rubbish
If it is phytolacca you need to be aware that it is poisonous to people and animals but the birds love the berries and scoff them with gay abandon and no ill effect. This plant self seeds liberally in my garden but is easy to control and keep in bounds.