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Berries, Birds

Blackcap on Elderberries

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A female blackcap (munk) feeding on ripe elderberries (svarthyll; Sambucus nigra). With no heavy frosts so far well into November, two flower clusters have appeared on the tree!

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Reflowering elder:

Unusual combination of elderflowers and a kayak on the fjord in November:
 

Berries

Elderberries are ripe

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Sambucus nigra “Samyl” is a new Danish variety of elderberry / svarthyll. It is very productive, the earliest elderberry I’ve grown (they are marginal here), hardy and it has large berries and large umbels of flowers…
I’ll be offering hardwood cuttings to members of Norwegian Seed Savers (Kvann) this winter (to be a member go to http://kvann.org and click on “Bli medlem”!
See  also earlier posts on my web site here:

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Berries

Berries 17th October 2015

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Sambucus nigra cultivars “Samyl” and “Samnor” – Ripe elderberries were impossible here until these new Danish cultivars arrived…ripe even in a bad summer!

Otherwise: Aralia cordata (Udo) and Aralia californica berries ready to harvest for trading seed…..

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Sambucus nigra “Samyl”

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Aralia cordata, Udo

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Aralia californica

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Sambucus nigra “Samnor”

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Aralia cordata has collapsed under its own weight next to Ostrich Fern