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Ribes..but which one?

 
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gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 22 4:18 pm    Post subject: Ribes..but which one? Reply with quote
    






Leaves like a gooseberry, no thorns. Growing tall like a currant.
Any ideas? Hopefully something edible
Not sure where I got it from

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 22 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Flowers not like a ribes are they?

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 22 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No. And it's most odd... everything else about it says Ribes....

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 22 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Did more googling... hadn't turned something up before..
Ribes odoratum
Botanical details
Family
Grossulariaceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Bushy
Genus
Ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes spiny, with simple, usually palmately lobed leaves and small tubular or bell-shaped, solitary or racemose flowers borne in spring or summer, followed by juicy, sometimes edible berries

Name status
Correct

Plant range
Central USA

So it might be edible...but how it turned up in my garden is a mystery!!...as a small seedling and is now a three foot tall bush, and has flowered at last!!

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 22 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



maybe a better random than my ragweed

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 22 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sometimes things do turn up, often courtesy of birds. We have cultivated raspberries in the woods, but the main area for them is at least half a mile from the nearest house, and unlikely to have been dumped. The birds sit on deer fence, branches etc. and excrete the seed.

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