"Stan Goodman" wrote in message
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Off-topic, of course, but connected with flora. Please forgive me.

Does anyone recognize what plant is being used for the wreaths with which
the Olympic medal winners are being crowned? It is certainly not laurel,
which is the traditional source of the branches for this purpose.

Actually, laurel is an edible plant, good in stews and soups, so this is
not
as off-topic as I first thought.

Ummm... as far as I know only a few laurels are edible - bay laurel being
one of them (or the part that we Brits would call Bay leaves is edible,
though I seem to see it used to flavour the dish then to be taken out before
eating), the rest being quite poisonous. So I am told. I certainly have been
told to keep my dawgs from chewing the laurel hedge I have in my fenced off
part of the garden, anyway.

Could anyone confirm or deny ?


Rachael