Thursday, 16 September 2010

Plant ID?

Is this an EDIBlE red currant tree?

Just thought I'd check!
SBW

7 comments:

  1. I dont know if it`s "EDIBIE" Wacker,I give anything Im not sure of to my vile neighbour and wait to see what happens.

    I`ve not seen him for a while,better chuck those weird mushrooms away..;)

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  2. Looks like a red current to me. You will soon know when you taste one!

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  3. I would guess Highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_viopa2.pdf

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  4. Well dear sir, the internet does wonders, but how much of it can you really trust?

    Any way I was looking at the leaves and a website stated the following: "The edges of the leaf can be smooth or have rounded bumps, huge lobes or toothed edges. Currants have lobed leaves with toothed edges."

    Here is a picture, small but one, to compare for the website.

    http://www.ehow.co.uk/facts_6054213_shrub-leaf-identification.html <---- website just in case I guess. Haha!

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  5. I think it is a highbush cranberry. I'm not familiar with currants but we have lots of highbush cranberries in manitoba and they look like this.

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  6. Try one, and if you are posting again tomorrow, then we'll know it's edible...
    : )

    I'm joking - don't try one 'til you are certain.

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You're welcome to disagree, life would be way too boring if we all agreed with each other and we'd never learn anything.
I like to think that we're all grown up enough to argue every last point, right down to the bone, without bearing a grudge afterwards.



Come on in the waters lovely
SBW