Trees and bushes on my ditch

pedigree 6 · 21-06-2016 11:11pm

greysides wrote: »

A red form of wild Hawthorn.

Did you see the pic of the one I took at the start of the thread. There's a few like that on the farm and then there's a few pink ones between them and the white ones.
Afaik none of them were planted just seeds off trees beside them or carried by birds. The pink one's look to be a cross between the two.
The red one's don't seem to grow or be as vigorous as the white.

massey woman · 21-06-2016 11:14pm

you learn something new everyday I always called them white thorns but no your right googled it Our flowers are gone since the weather dis improved a few weeks ago!!
Last year they were loaded down with flowers for weeks

pedigree 6 · 21-06-2016 11:30pm

massey woman wrote: »

you learn something new everyday I always called them white thorns but no your right googled it Our flowers are gone since the weather dis improved a few weeks ago!!
Last year they were loaded down with flowers for weeks

White thorn and white hawthorn are different names for the same plant.
Afaik.
Then you have black thorn which is a smaller tree with white bloom earlier on. It then fruits black sloes on it in the autumn.

Muckit · 21-06-2016 11:43pm

Sloe gin.... hmmmmm

99nsr125 · 22-06-2016 12:48am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Madness is good for you, it keeps you sane

We call it a Pinkthorn, looks pretty awesome alright

greysides · 22-06-2016 10:39am

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Did you see the pic of the one I took at the start of the thread. There's a few like that on the farm and then there's a few pink ones between them and the white ones.
Afaik none of them were planted just seeds off trees beside them or carried by birds. The pink one's look to be a cross between the two.
The red one's don't seem to grow or be as vigorous as the white.

Yes, yours was really red, the one I posted more of a half-way house. The commercial red ones are, I believe, grafted, which would support your observation that they aren't as vigorous. Nice to see the variation in nature. Who knows, in time to come the red variety may prove more resistant to some new disease and thus the species survives rather than dies. Darwinian.

Say my name · 17-02-2019 7:38pm

A MASSIVE BIG BUMP.

Edit: my pics have disappeared but the long time posters and viewers will remember them.

Everyone else and anyone who hasn't contributed to this thread post 'em up.

greysides · 17-02-2019 7:50pm

Say my name wrote: »

A MASSIVE BIG BUMP.

Edit: my pics have disappeared but the long time posters and viewers will remember them.

Everyone else and anyone who hasn't contributed to this thread post 'em up.

I imagine the hosting site is either gone out of business or has taken down your images.

Say my name · 17-02-2019 8:06pm

greysides wrote: »

I imagine the hosting site is either gone out of business or has taken down your images.

Ah the sentiment is there.

We'll look at the sentiment.

Any way how's about it folks?
What state are your hedgerows in?
Much diversity?

greysides · 17-02-2019 8:09pm

There was something going around on FB recently about Ireland not having enough Forestry compared to the EU and, I think, Ming was saying 'look at our hedges'....

Now that may be an amalgam of two posts ... but I do remember someone pointing to our hedges as a form of long wood.

uck51js9zml2yt · 17-02-2019 9:03pm

Would be great to see some of the hedges from posters who contributed 3 years ago.
Really got me thinking about mine...but that's a project for next year for me.

Say my name · 17-02-2019 9:22pm

Ayleen Glamorous Hedgehog wrote: »

Would be great to see some of the hedges from posters who contributed 3 years ago.
Really got me thinking about mine...but that's a project for next year for me.

Be great to see some from the 30 plus posters on this forum first.
Whether they be Irish or international.

PoorFarmer · 17-02-2019 9:53pm

Mostly whitethorn and black thorn here but trying to diversify as much as I can. Waiting on the nursery to get hazel for me and have about 30 oak and horse chestnut that I grew from seed last year. May leave them in their buckets for another year before planting out. Had a few birch that I had to cut down as they were on a 90 degree bend on the road and had minimum view with the tractors. Will keep them down to about 6 feet.
Few sycamores and ash scattered around and plenty of Sallys.
OH just bought a few acres with 8 or 10 mature Scots Pine on it which are fantastic. Big plans to thicken up all the hedges there too down the line with all native species if we can.

Old man was great to plant trees in fairness but was mostly of the evergreen hedge variety

yosemitesam1 · 17-02-2019 10:02pm

Don't have any hedge pictures. What's in my sward will have to do

yosemitesam1 · 17-02-2019 10:09pm

Can't attach many pictures at a time

Corca Baiscinn · 17-02-2019 11:12pm

pedigree 6 wrote: »

White thorn and white hawthorn are different names for the same plant.
Afaik.
Then you have black thorn which is a smaller tree with white bloom earlier on. It then fruits black sloes on it in the autumn.

And the hawthorn fruits haws!

And has anyone mentioned hips from the wild rose, (Guelder?) also found in hedges/ditches

The mention of damsons brought me back to childhood, we used to pick them for jam as children but the stones were a pain!

Fantastic thread! Glad it was bumped or wouldn't have found it

Birdnuts · 17-02-2019 11:15pm

Say my name wrote: »

A MASSIVE BIG BUMP.

Edit: my pics have disappeared but the long time posters and viewers will remember them.

Everyone else and anyone who hasn't contributed to this thread post 'em up.

My place is on the North Mayo coast - so more stone walls since your traditional hedge comes off worse when faced with the might of the unhindered Atlantic. Having said that I'm currently applying to the forestry service for the most sheltered part of the holding that has some potential for a Birch/Alder mix. Hope to devote 7 acres to this all going well:)

80sDiesel · 18-02-2019 12:00am

Would someone know what this is. It's trying to create a hedge for me

Say my name · 18-02-2019 12:03am

80sDiesel wrote: »

Would someone know what this is. It's trying to create a hedge for me

That's going to be a tough one this time of year. Only going on the type and bark.
Willow (Sally) maybe?

Farmer · 18-02-2019 12:10am

Looks like a black sally to me. Pull it up and plant something decent

80sDiesel · 18-02-2019 12:18am

Thanks. Probably is willow Sally. I created a grove of 20 willow close by ( Sally and pussy) so I will leave these in the ditch grow away.. I believe the ditch would have been flailed up to certain years ago which is I guess why they have come on..

greysides · 18-02-2019 12:21am

I'd guess Sally too. I've seen it where's it grown into a decent sized stand-alone tree and I rather like it as a single bush. It's draw back is it seeds everywhere. I grew it from a half-buried log that was budding thinking it was an Apple tree as it was amongst logs from a cut down Apple. That it sprouted forth and multiplied was no surprise once it was recognised for what it was.

Bass Reeves · 18-02-2019 1:36pm

Corca Baiscinn wrote: »

The mention of damsons brought me back to childhood, we used to pick them for jam as children t

Bought damason jelly at a community day two years ago. Fabulous with a good cheese and crackers especially soft cheese.such as brie

Trees and bushes on my ditch

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