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Old 10-10-2009, 03:45 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On Oct 10, 4:24*pm, Fuschia wrote:
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:15:40 -0700 (PDT), aquachimp

wrote:
And if it's of any help to you, a "Rowan"" tree is sometimes referred
to as a "Mountain Ash"; in botanical terms the name starts with
"Sobrus....."


He means "Sorbus"


So I do. Thanks for the correction.

Mary, but please don't let the Latin names put you
off, we all know what you mean by Rowan


Yes, but when one is perhaps doing a bit of research, that level of
detail, along with the mountain ask reference helps to expand such
possibilities.
And perhaps the snipped link e.g; http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.rowan.html
, was useful also