Photographs: Co.Limerick |
Himalayan honeysuckle Hanging reddish-pink flowers with purple-green bracts. Inedible purple-black berries, enjoyed by birds. Leaves opposite, oval, pointed. Hollow stems, woody with age, to 2m. Planted as ground-cover for pheasants. Self-seeding and bird-sown. Woodland, hedgerows, waste ground railway banks, roadsides, walls. Garden escape, fairly widespread. |