I beg to differ about Lonicera nitida - must be trimmed hard and often, or it's the ugliest straggliest thing known to humans.
..and you've met @Marmion !!!
I beg to differ about Lonicera nitida - must be trimmed hard and often, or it's the ugliest straggliest thing known to humans.
Is that directed at me 3bm?
I agree, I had it growing as a hedge at the last house, needed to be trimmed regularly and tended to spread by roots underground, when I left it was about 8 ft high. Though my parents keep it as a neat 1 ft hedge so trim it far more regularly.I beg to differ about Lonicera nitida - must be trimmed hard and often, or it's the ugliest straggliest thing known to humans.
There was a yew tree in the graveyard of the church I was forced to go to when I was a kid. We all ate the berries but never the pip. They tasted very sweet. None of us came to any harm but we only had a few each Sunday.Trouble with yew is that its berries are poisonous, if there's any chance of children or animals being tempted to eat them.
I suppose that gracious observation confirms why I'm not dead.The seed is extremely poisonous, so your anecdote is not very helpful really.