![]() ![]() Ceratocapnos claviculata (Climbing corydalis).Castanea sativa 'Heterophylla' (Cut-leaved Sweet Chestnut).Cardamine bulbifera (Coralroot Bittercress).Campanula trachelium (Nettle-leaved Bellflower).Campanula patula (Spreading Bellflower).Campanula glomerata (Clustered Bellflower).Callitriche stagnalis (Common Water-starwort).Bromus hordeaceus (Soft Brome / Lop Grass).Bidens tripartita (Trifid Bur-marigold).Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass).Arenaria serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Sandwort).Arctostaphylos alpinus (Arctic Bearberry).Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal Grass).Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica) 2 3.Angelica archangelica (Garden Angelica).Anemone hupehensis x vitifolia (Japanese Anemone).Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid).Alchemilla glomerulans (a Lady's-mantle).Alchemilla alpina (Alpine Lady's-mantle) 2.Aesculus indica (Indian Horse-chestnut).Intercapillary Space - co-op UK poetry and poetics blogzine.To search for posts on this blog about other writers, use the search box! Winter buds of Cornelian Cherry ( Cornus mas). Frome, 25 August 2020.Ĭornelian Cherry (Cornus mas), a ripe "cherry" and the attractive stone. Frome, 25 August 2020.įallen "cherries" and stones of Cornelian Cherry ( Cornus mas). But I've not found anyone else suggesting this.įallen "cherries" of Cornelian Cherry ( Cornus mas). I'd like to think they took their family name from this tree, just as, according to Pliny, the Fabii took theirs from the bean faba. The names Cornelius and Cornelia derive from the senior Roman patrician family, the Cornelii. (Phaedra to Hippolytus, see Heroides 4.83) Whether with strong arm you hurl the pliant shaft, your gallant arm draws my regard upon itself, or whether you grasp the broad-headed cornel hunting-spear. (Philemon and Baucis, see Metamorphoses 8.668)Īnd it also appears as the traditional wood used for spear-shafts: In lees of wine well pickled, and preserv'd. (Ovid's description of the Golden Age, see Metamorphoses I.105) On wildings and on strawberries they fed Ĭornels and bramble-berries gave the rest. But the warmer climate is changing that, and I've seen plenty of fruit in each of the two summers since I first noticed these trees.Ĭornus mas is the cornel ( cornum) of classical poetry. Older sources say that the fruit rarely ripens in the UK. In southern Europe Cornelian Cherry fruit is much used for jams, in liqueurs, etc. the winter-time berries of Japanese Laurel ( Aucuba japonica), which are extremely bitter and also somewhat toxic. (If you pick an unripe one, take it indoors and it'll be ripe in a few hours.)īut do check you've got the right tree! Cornelian Cherry ripens around September time. They are then a fresh-tasting, rather delicious berry containing an elongate stone, attractively patterned with four veins. When truly ripe they turn a deeper shade of red. Most of the berries shown in these photos would still taste a bit sour. The elongated "cherries" of Cornus mas are edible. ![]() ![]() (I've added a photo of Dogwood near the end of this post.) The twigs of Cornelian Cherry are rather robust compared with the slender shoots of Dogwood. Both leaf and leaf-stalk are usually strongly keeled (i.e. The leaves of Cornelian Cherry are a bit smaller than Dogwood, more narrowly pointed, and tougher in texture. The two relatives look a bit similar, but are easily distinguished in spring (Cornelian Cherry has yellow flowers, Dogwood has white flowers) and at berry time (Cornelian Cherry has big red berries, Dogwood has small black ones). Here, it's part of a fairly recent planting in a Frome public space (known as "the Dippy"), where it grows alongside the native shrub Dogwood ( Cornus sanguinea). Introduced to the British Isles back in the 16th century and sometimes found in the wild. Native to southern Europe (including most of France). Frome, 25 August 2020.Ĭornelian Cherry ( Cornus mas). ![]()
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