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Gardening

bigtree

(92,982 posts)

8. they're not so bad

Reply to hibbing (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:16 PM

Oct 5

..they're good companions, too, and can be cut back in the winter and come up completely full the next year. That's the preferable way, because it blooms more.

One appeared on my beautyberry (Calicarpa) and they get along really well, second year now.

This year I pulled it more to the back of the bush and let the berries show more.

It's been a decade or more on the japanese barberry with no loss. Good late season bloom, and the scent is one of the best out there. Mild and sweet.