Shrubs???

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« on: June 07, 2006, 07:27 »
I went to the garden centre yesterday on my wifes instruction, to get some shrubs as a present for a friend.

It occured to me once I got there that I don't know what a shrub is, I couldn't see anything labeled 'shrubs' so I asked a young member of staff what a shrub was and remarked that they obviously don't label things as 'shrubs'

He said, "thats 'cause they're not called shrubs".

So, whats a shrub?
first there is a mountain then there is no mountain then there is

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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2006, 08:01 »
Try asking for bushes :)

A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush
Middle English schrubbe, from Old English scrybb - dictionary.com
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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2006, 08:49 »
Quote from: "john"
Try asking for bushes :)

A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush
Middle English schrubbe, from Old English scrybb - dictionary.com


hey thats ace

brassica

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Any of various plants of the genus Brassica of the mustard family, including cabbage, broccoli, and turnip.


Comfrey

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Any of various hairy perennial Eurasian herbs of the genus Symphytum, especially S. officinale, having variously colored flowers in coiled cymes and long used in herbal medicine. Also called healing herb.


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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2006, 11:24 »
You didn't think I was clever, did you?

My favourite word is 'fettle' - I even had a mad idea of starting a business called Ye Olde Computer Fettlers - told you it was a mad idea :)



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