Leycesteria Leaves

It will certainly illuminate your garden displays with magnificent bright yellow green leaves.

Leycesteria leaves. Leycesteria is an easy to grow deciduous shrub which is hardy and quick growing. These flowers are followed by dark purplish black berries in autumn popular with wildlife in particular pheasants. Well drained fertile soil. The luscious green leaves are only half of this leycesteria plant s story. Full sun or shade. A beautiful cultivar leycesteria formosa golden lanterns has arching stems covered with soft golden leaves and drooping claret and white flowers in late summer. Leycesteria formosa can suffer from some die back after severe cold weather.

Himalayan honeysuckle other common names himalayan honeysuckle flowering nutmeg granny s curls pheasant berry see more family caprifoliaceae genus leycesteria are deciduous shrubs with hollow stems simple leaves and terminal and axillary racemes of tubular. Leycesteria formosa is a robust and easily grown shrub native to china and tibet which attracts a wealth of wildlife. It s an extremely handsome shrub with a long season of interest bearing shapely leaves trailing white and claret flowers from mid to late summer followed by reddish purple berries in autumn. The arching stems of leycesteria golden lanterns carry golden leaves which are soft to the touch and joined by dangling maroon and white blooms in the summer which are followed by purple black berries.