Tiny little purple balls

Jan 09, 2008 2 Replies

Hello there,


I would really really like to be able to find out what this plant i called - my partner and I were walking in Hampshire, in the south o England and we spotted this unusual little plant that appeared to b growing out of someone's front garden.



I will try my best to attach pictures but so far its not letting me.



The colour of the flowers on this plant are really unique and rare they are a gorgeous metallic shade of purple and they come in tin clusters of balls. The stem is a light woody colour and there is n foliage with this plant - they resemble slightly misletoe but mistleto has leaves generally, which is not the case with this rare plant.



Please help! Any sort of clue would be wonderful - I have searche high and low and nothing has come up.



Many thanks..



Christell


-- Christelle


Christelle expounded:

post your picture over in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens and many of us will be able to see it.

Is it what you saw in Hampshire?

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that is the case, its 'murasakishikibu' or Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica Thumb) . The fruits would stay as it is after all the leaves are gone. i guess you might saw it with no leaves. If my brain cells have been activated properly, i may have hit the mark.

Ono

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