Thread: Damson Trees?
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Old 22-09-2008, 11:24 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Damson Trees?


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Rusty Hinge 2 writes:
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| Probably bullaces, which flower earlier, and thus get frosted, as well
| as having less chance of insect pollination.
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| Otherwise, there's not a lot of difference between bullaces and damsons
| - er - except that bullaces are much more prone to suckering...

Botanically, there is effectively damn-all difference, except that (in
the UK) we tend to use the word bullace for the wild form and damson
for the cultivated one. And are they native or introduced? Therein
hangs a question ....


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Nick Maclaren.