On 9/3/08 22:54, in article , "robert"
wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 9/3/08 11:39, in article , "oaks"
wrote:


Hi thanks for your help so far.

This next one should be quite easy for you. I don't think it is native
and you probably grow these in your gardens.

There are several of these shrubs, well spaced but quite close to a row
of houses, whose gardens back onto the wood.

Can anyone tell me what it is?

http://tinyurl.com/24gcqr

best regards
Colin


Looks like Ribes sanguineum - aka flowering currant, though it's not a
fruit! It seems to vary quite a bit in colour in the wild and is originally
a native of USA.

It is a flowering currant, we have one growing on the roadside outside
our entrance. They do produce berries but I have never been tempted to
try one.

I've no idea if they're edible but what I meant - and didn't make clear at
all - is that they're not currant bushes such as black currant, red currant
etc. They're grown as ornamentals.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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