tree identification

The Pious Pawn · Sep 12, 2005

i found a tree with some fruit on at the weekend an ive never seen it before , ive been trying to find out what it is but as of yet have not been able to identify it anyone have any good sites which i would be able to use ? also do blue berriers grow wild in the uk ?

thank you in advance

madzone · Sep 12, 2005

Pawn said:
i found a tree with some fruit on at the weekend an ive never seen it before , ive been trying to find out what it is but as of yet have not been able to identify it anyone have any good sites which i would be able to use ? also do blue berriers grow wild in the uk ?

thank you in advance

If the fruit looks like blueberries they're probably sloes which grow on blackthorn bushes.

Did they look like this?

http://www.sloe.biz/sloes/

aurora green · Sep 12, 2005

You could try this one.

The Pious Pawn · Sep 12, 2005

madzone said:
If the fruit looks like blueberries they're probably sloes which grow on blackthorn bushes.

Did they look like this?

http://www.sloe.biz/sloes/

yep there the fella's !! cheers

geminisnake · Sep 12, 2005

Blueberries do grow wild in the UK but they are a ground covering plant, often found 'up the hills'.

Didn't realise sloes grew on blackthorn so cheers for that info madz

blackadder · Sep 12, 2005

Whilst on a family day out the other week, we came across people picking Whinberries, so my kids decided to pick some for their ice cream, very tasty the were.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/TheRapid12/beaconfell092.jpg

Radar · Sep 12, 2005

Those berries look like frockens, not sure of the formal name. We used to pick them up at Rivington Pike and Winter hill, as well as back home in Wicklow.

Is that what blueberries are ?? I think Frocken is an Irish term for them but google isn't being much help.

WouldBe · Sep 12, 2005

blackadder said:
Whilst on a family day out the other week, we came across people picking Whinberries, so my kids decided to pick some for their ice cream, very tasty the were.

They look like bilberries to me. :confused:

blackadder · Sep 12, 2005

These are Winberries from Beacon Fell, Prestonshire.

Thanks google

WouldBe · Sep 12, 2005

blackadder said:
These are Winberries from Beacon Fell, Prestonshire.

Thanks google

We're both right then.

geminisnake · Sep 13, 2005

I call them blaeberries but anglicised it in my first post for all the english folks.

The Pious Pawn · Sep 13, 2005

iam still none the wiser to wat i have then

WouldBe · Sep 13, 2005

Blueberries and bilberries grow on small bushes upto about 18" high and don't have thorns on them. Bilberries are about 5mm diameter.

Sloes grow on small trees upto about 20' and have nasty thorns on them. Sloes are about 10mm+ diameter.

WouldBe · Sep 13, 2005

geminisnake said:
I call them blaeberries but anglicised it in my first post for all the english folks.

Blueberries are not the same as bilberries link

Cranberries also come from the same vaccinium family.

geminisnake · Sep 13, 2005

WouldBe said:
Blueberries are not the same as bilberries link

Not wanting to argue about this but the photo ba put up shows blaeberries which, ime, are just little blueberries, taste the same to me(iirc)!!

I obviously need to do a taste session with both of them

geminisnake · Sep 13, 2005

Pawn said:
iam still none the wiser to wat i have then

Sloes is what you got imo, you can make sloe gin and I think you can make jam and stuff.

The Pious Pawn · Sep 13, 2005

these arnt sloes , that was the second bush these are like four rugby ball shaped quarter all together as one fruit light pinky/purple an green

geminisnake · Sep 14, 2005

Can you take a photo of them? I'm intrigued now.

And what part of the country you in?

The Pious Pawn · Sep 15, 2005

at the moment iam in herts , ive taken a picture but i carnt get it focused properly will try an sort it out

Mrs Magpie · Sep 15, 2005

Scan a leaf if you can...I'll be able to tell from that.

lizzieloo · Sep 15, 2005

You could try here?

A Key for Identifying British Trees and Shrubs

madzone · Sep 15, 2005

Are we still talking about the same tree? I'm confused now :confused:

The Pious Pawn · Sep 15, 2005

ok this is the best i could do i shall try an get a better picture later on

Mrs Magpie · Sep 15, 2005

Is that fruit or leaves?

Mrs Magpie · Sep 15, 2005

OK, I read back...I think that's fruit from a spindle tree.

The Pious Pawn · Sep 15, 2005

they are the fruits

trashpony · Sep 15, 2005

They look like euonymous berries to me (although tricky to tell from that pic). But nothing like blueberries :confused:

Mrs Magpie · Sep 15, 2005

Yeah, Euonymous and spindle are one and the same.

trashpony · Sep 15, 2005

Mrs Magpie said:
Yeah, Euonymous and spindle are one and the same.

Soz - didn't see your post. :oops:

I like em - that pink and orange colouring is very Christian Lacroix IMO

The Pious Pawn · Sep 15, 2005

yes thats the one just googled it an it is the tree !! thank you very much for your help

edited to add actually its classed as a shrub :oops:

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