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Old 08-04-2009, 05:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Elaeagnus - are the berries poisonous?

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Earth Mother;837552 Wrote:
First post here! I have a house in France where, in 2005, I planted
several Elaeagnus x ebbingei to make a hedgerow. My (new) dog is now
eating the berries. Does anyone know if they are poisonous?

I've eaten a lot without coming to any harm. They are highly
nutricious, tasty and given top rating for edibility at
http://tinyurl.com/csut24
In fact I planted mine because I wanted the berries to eat but it won't
flower...


Give it five years.

It likes to think things over a bit.

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