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Sunday, May 8. 2011

Name this shrub


From our fishing yesterday. An easy one, and no, it's not named "Frank" -


Posted by Bird Dog at 11:52 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hop Hornbeam?
#1 T.K. Tortch on 2011-05-08 12:00 (Reply)
Witch hazel?
#2 Linda S on 2011-05-08 12:30 (Reply)
I wanted to guess, but I'm so immersed in electronics that my eyes didn't know what to look at.

Consider the irony of this post juxtaposed against the next one. The next one declares we should drop the electronics and get back to nature, yet, without electronics, we'd never have this article to teach us about this intriguing plant.

My best guess is "scrub".

And, now that I've guessed, my whole world suddenly seems as exotic as a rain forest.
#3 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-05-08 12:30 (Reply)
vacinnium?
#4 lenf on 2011-05-08 16:31 (Reply)
It is NOT a Mesquite.
#5 Mary(grew up in western Texas) on 2011-05-08 17:01 (Reply)
A vaccinium is correct. More precisely, the wild Eastern Highbush Blueberry, in bloom.
#6 Bird Dog on 2011-05-08 17:31 (Reply)
Highbush blueberry indeed! I stringy one. I finally got up the nerve to semi-aggressively prune mine this past February. Glad I did. They are filling out nicely. Gonna cost me berries for this year but only the birds could reach half the berries anyway. Love those bushes.
#6.1 Knucklehead (Link) on 2011-05-08 21:55 (Reply)
DR Mercury:

chortle, sniff, chortle...
#7 rbm411 on 2011-05-08 19:13 (Reply)
Dang! I thought it was SUE!
#8 Sam L. on 2011-05-08 20:58 (Reply)
Mock Orange? I dunno. what is it?

Steve
#9 STEVE on 2011-05-08 21:12 (Reply)
Harry? is that you?
#10 The Grey Man on 2011-05-08 23:15 (Reply)
I thought the flowers looked sorta elongated bluberryish.
Don't think we have them here in Minny-soh-tah.
#11 Jack on 2011-05-10 11:40 (Reply)

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