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When I was a kid in Pennsylvania, we had a large, briar-like/bramble type bush in our backyard that produced a dark russet "Flower". These flowers were small and shaped like unopened buds and had the texture of strawflowers. My mom always called this bush "Myrrh", but it could not have possibly been true Myrrh which grows best in the deserts of the mid-East and Africa!
Anyone have any ideas on what this bush actually was?
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"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
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My older sister believes the "Mystery Plant" was a variety of Witch Hazel. Although I was quite young, I remember really liking those russet toned budlike things on it.
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"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
| Seeded: 205.209.72.150
* * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!!
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