They are edible, and my son likes them and makes a jam out of them,
but they are so small, it's not worth it. Their 2 weeks of delicious
smell in the Spring makes me keep some groves around. (Well, no way
to remove them all in our neighborhood, anyway.... thousands, no
exaggeration).
Kira
On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:25:20 -0700, ncstockguy <ncstockguy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I see some types have edible berries? Are yours edible? That will
>probably enter into whether I take them all out and go looking to kill
>more, or keep a few around.
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>On Jul 5, 11:00 am, !!yggdras...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Kira Dirlik) wrote:
>> My 7 acre lot was completely covered with eleagnus. Mine is
>> deciduous, has reddish and yellow berries in the fall, and
>> good-smelling light yellow flowers in the spring. It is horribly
>> invasive. I have pulled hundred of them. Luckily they grow back
>> slowly, but this year there is a huge "bumper crop" of them coming
>> back all over. I have left one batch purposely as a privacy hedge,
>> and as long as you stay on top of it, it won't become invasive. Mine
>> had a 60 year start when I got the lot.
>> Kira
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