Comments on: Transformations http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/ Uncovering the Wonders of Nature in Cow Bay Nova Scotia Wed, 22 May 2013 20:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Nature of Love « Flandrum Hill http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/#comment-5478 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:18:49 +0000 http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/?p=2071#comment-5478 [...] Transformations [...]

]]> By: flandrumhill http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/#comment-542 Mon, 25 May 2009 23:30:49 +0000 http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/?p=2071#comment-542 The Celtic Knot has been added to the post.

]]> By: flandrumhill http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/#comment-489 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:16:11 +0000 http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/?p=2071#comment-489 Thank you Cindy. Will post the invitation when it’s done and approved. There is quite an interest in Celtic things on Canada’s east coast, especially in Nova Scotia.

So glad this solved the puzzle Gerry. The Shadbush trees were all in bloom along the Salt Marsh Trail this morning, and seemed especially beautiful.

]]> By: Gerry http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/#comment-485 Tue, 19 May 2009 15:40:48 +0000 http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/?p=2071#comment-485 Amy, you clever minx! I could have rooted around for days to no purpose. Given the names I made progress and I agree you’ve solved the puzzle. There’s an effort to grow Serviceberries (a/k/a Saskatoons) commercially here in Michigan. Now I have to watch my little volunteer and give it a taste.

]]> By: flandrumhill http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/#comment-476 Mon, 18 May 2009 16:37:14 +0000 http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/?p=2071#comment-476 I called them wild cherry after seeing a photo online that looked identical to mine and was named as such. Woops! You can’t believe everything you read online!! Luckily I have some real books about trees… lots of them. So I decided to look deeper. Here’s what I found:

The plant is in the Rose Family (as is the Wild Cherry) and is a… Shadbush. It is also known as Wild Pear, Bilberry, Juneberry and Serviceberry. I found this information in my copy of Trees of Nova Scotia – A Guide to the Native and Exotic Species by Gary Saunders. Sure enough the petals are elongated.

I checked every single wild cherry tree I could find in another book of trees and every one of them had the rounded petals. So there you have it: Shadbush.

]]> By: Gerry http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/transformations/#comment-475 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:27:16 +0000 http://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/?p=2071#comment-475 You know, I thought wild cherry, but when I looked it up, the images I found didn’t look like these so much. Your photo and my examples show longer, more oval petals. I tell ya, this plant identification business is more complicated than a person might think. Absorbing, though.

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