Hi
the only scratchy prickly thing that I can think of which is prolific in Caithness
is Rosa Rugosa. Don't know if the helps
Could someone please tell me some names of scratchy prickly vines found in the Caithness area. Needed for research. Desperate
She was not quite what you would call refined, she was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. Mark Twain
Hi
the only scratchy prickly thing that I can think of which is prolific in Caithness
is Rosa Rugosa. Don't know if the helps
They break our legs and we say "thank you" when they offer us crutches!!!
Thank you, it does help. I just need a picture in my mind of a vine for my story. I doesn't even get mentioned in the story, but I need to be able to visualise things. So now I can get on the net and look at a picture of rosa rugosa.
Thanks again.
She was not quite what you would call refined, she was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. Mark Twain
What about whins? They're very widespread in the county, and particularly prickly!
Last edited by WeeBurd; 08-Jul-07 at 22:08. Reason: Sorry, dunno the posh name for them!
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Good point weeburd. Assuming that is the same thing as gorse doesn't it have the most fantastic smell ever?
They break our legs and we say "thank you" when they offer us crutches!!!
What about Brambles, twisting through other vegetation.
She was not quite what you would call refined, she was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. Mark Twain
I was just having a look for pictures of brambles and gorse (whins) and realised that brambles look exactly like blackberries, and then I found an article about them and they are exactly the same. The same thing. So that is good, I will use that as my vine that the kids get caught in, in my story.
As for the Gorse, it looks pretty with the yellow and scary with the thorns. They look like they could do some damage. Apparently they smell like coconut, it that the case for the local ones??
She was not quite what you would call refined, she was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. Mark Twain
I would describe the smell as a heady mixture of coconut and honeysuckle. Wonderful. Good luck with the book.
They break our legs and we say "thank you" when they offer us crutches!!!
Of course, gorse, doh! I must have been having a blank! They do smell gorgeous, exactly like coconut, and they are incredibly prickly - we often used to build little dens underneath the bushes when we were younger and more foolish! I always think the countyside looks so pretty when they come into flower and there's smatterings of vibrant yellow everywhere. I also have it on good authority that the flowers can be transformed into a wonderful wine...
Last edited by WeeBurd; 09-Jul-07 at 19:16.
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