I recently purchased a small black leaved plant, and when I asked the lady at the nursery she said yeah, it'll be good for a foundation plant. I know the tag said it could grow to 4 feet tall. I'm ok with that, I thought I'd prune it. Now my sister in law dropped in tonight and she said, after I just finished planting this black beauty, that that birds will eat the fruit and then poop nice purple stains on my car that I won't get off. And I was reading that it is toxic, sometimes to other plants around it. I planted it for contrast with a euonymous and a lime leaved ninebark...
I have no problem pulling the plant up and moving it, however is it neccessary? I'll still have the bird issue. the area it is in, I will be pruning it back hard to keep it 2 feet or so tall.