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Anyone know what this shrub is called?
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Will try & add a picture if I can hobble down the garden. I stepped on one of the thorns yesterday & I'm sore.
Its a big tall bushy shrub. It has blue berries that look just like blueberries but the most savage thorns, each thorn is easily an inch or two long.
Its the thorns that I think it will be identified by.
Anyone know what this shrub is called?
Its a big tall bushy shrub. It has blue berries that look just like blueberries but the most savage thorns, each thorn is easily an inch or two long.
Its the thorns that I think it will be identified by.
Anyone know what this shrub is called?
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Could be sloes
Wicked thorns!Please do not quote spam as this enables it to 'live on' once the spam post is removed.
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Money_maker wrote: »Could be sloes
Wicked thorns!
Thats them:eek::eek::eek:
Went right through my crocs & foot when I stepped on a cutting:(0 -
This
http://www.irelandlogue.com/files/2007/02/blackthorn.jpg
Its the same thing isn't it?
Blackthorn bush & the berries are sloe berries?0 -
If they are sloes, this stuff is an absolute winner! :beer:
http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/the-great-sloe-gin-challenge-three-variations-of-our-recipe-4420 -
Could it be a mahonia?0
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It looks a little early for them to be that colour. It's usually later on when they turn dark. Is that right?.....anybody more knowledgeable0
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Mine are mostly blue black now but some still have green tinges on them. Bit like blueberries with some blue and some still turning.
I'm down south like the OP so probably hers are at a similar stage.Please do not quote spam as this enables it to 'live on' once the spam post is removed.
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I'm south, mine are still green, but otoh so are my blackberries, where as three miles down the road I picked them three weeks ago! Its a werid year.
Sloes are generally considered best after the first frost. If they are black now then goodness knows when to pick them.0 -
def sloes
ours are black ( south again) but not ripe yet - still rock hard - wait for 1st frost before pickingFight Back - Be Happy0
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