Can anyone tell me what this is
Gardengirl..
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I took cuttings form someone else's garden of some kind of large twiggy thing, did not have any leaves on then. I rooted them in a small plastic pot and leaves are coming and have rooted well, I am not sure what it is and would like anyone's thoughts of what it could be please - pictures below.
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Flowering currant? http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/3288.shtml
if I'm right and you rub the leaves between your fingers they will have a strong smell.
That would be my thought, hope it's a nice one.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Leave do smell after rubbing them - so could be, not sure what sort of strong smell there should be to expert - smells bit like grass or leaf
That's my thought as well
Er, hmmm.
How do you describe the smell of flowering currant.
Did the smell induce in you a profound mystical experience. Because that's what happened to C S Lewis...
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WB2lMHe-NfQC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=%22c+s+lewis%22+smell+%22flowering+currant%22&source=bl&ots=Q2LDDGWczx&sig=Wzfzld-BQ5mL2TCL5J_YxnhuIn8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9H8OUfTUJoaH0AWlj4CoDw&sqi=2&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22c%20s%20lewis%22%20smell%20%22flowering%20currant%22&f=false
The smell of flowering currant and hawthorn is referred to on this page, in the prose just beneath where it says 'the magic is waiting' and the photo...
http://campnarnia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/spring-has-come-to-narnia.html
Smell is so subjective - I've heard the smell of flowering currant described as 'like cat pee', but I like the smell of flowering currant, and I certainly don't like the smell of cat pee