Re: Gorse

Janet Baraclough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> The message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> "....... Ah, memories of my youth in the Irish hills and the
>> prickly gorse bush with it's gorgeous yellow flower that blankets
>> the landscape. So any chance it might grow here in the US, Zone
>> 6???   ......." 
> 
>> Wild Gorse is a menace though the old Welsh saying is that
>> "Kissing is in season whilst Gorse is in flower" the seed pods
>> burst explosively throwing the seed up to 20 ft or so.

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Thanks for the info Pam and David. I do recall using the flowers for 
dyeing eggs at Eastertime.

Great information.

Gary