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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: mdjlucan on December 29, 2023, 09:54

Title: Plants
Post by: mdjlucan on December 29, 2023, 09:54

What type of plant is this?

Title: Re: Plants
Post by: AndyRVTR on December 29, 2023, 10:41

It's 'Gorse'.. we used to call them 'whinney bushes' when i was a lad, though I've no idea why?

Title: Re: Plants
Post by: Subversive_plot on December 30, 2023, 05:32

Quote from: AndyRVTR on December 29, 2023, 10:41

It's 'Gorse'.. we used to call them 'whinney bushes' when i was a lad, though I've no idea why?

In the Winnie the Pooh stories, our hero frequently falls into (etc.) a gorse bush https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/winnie-the-pooh/analysis/the-gorse-bush (https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/winnie-the-pooh/analysis/the-gorse-bush)