Multi-value shrub. Bright green bamboo-like stems in winter. Delicate white pendent flowers amidst tasselled, ruby-coloured bracts in summer. Soft bunches of purple-brown caramel flavoured berries (loved by birds) in autumn.
Height 120+cm (4'+). HP - Hardy perennial.
Seeds should be sown into a well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered to their own depth with sand or grit. No artificial heat needed and the seed tray is best left in a cool spot and kept moist, seeds sometimes germinating very slowly indeed in cool conditions in the spring, whenever they are sown. Some seeds may take more than a year to germinate.
Prefers a fertile soil.