Topic: It's never had this many...

[Froglegs]

...berries on it ...dose this mean where in for a bad winter

[Froglegs]

But then it did have a lot a blossom

[Emagggie]

Stunning, FL. I remember this question being asked before (not here  I think) and the general opinion was.... it aint neccessarily so. I love a nice hoar frost though. ;D

[saddad]

If it does at least we get to enjoy the show now, and last Spring... and the birds will enjoy it later..
 ;D

[tim]

What a delight!

And Japanese Anemones are worth their weight in gold.

[lorna]

Wow.

[Carol]

You sure have a laod of berries on that there tree.  I am finding I have a shortage on my trees this year, so far. 

 ;)

[Lauren S]

What a beautiful garden.

Lauren  :)

[Hot_Potato]

wonderful pictures and as someone else said...the birds will have a feast!

[manicscousers]

beautiful tree, how do you know if the berries are ripe ?, I have a herbal use for them  :)

[Froglegs]

As soon as the black birds start to tuck in. :) What kind of ues?

[manicscousers]

hawthorn berry stabilises blood pressure, possibly in a decoction ?

[debster]

according to my late nan it was a sign of a bad winter to come

[Froglegs]

Dont think the berry on this would help your blood pressure, it's not a Hawthorn.

[manicscousers]

ahhh!!  :)

[Froglegs]

It's a Pyracantha that was originally growing against a fence that i put in to replace a Privet hedge, but about 5years ago that had to be replaced when it got blown down after the posts had gone rotten. The chap who put the new one in for me discovered the original post holes from when the House was built, that gave me 4ft more garden and a Pyracantha sticking out like a sore thumb, so i took all the bottom branches off put a stake in and now it looks like a tree. :)

[Garden Manager]

My pyracanthas have loads of berries on to. Many would say this WAS a sight of a bad winter to come but as i have already seen a blackbird tucking into a few berries, this seems unlikely at this stage. After all how can a plant know the following winter is going to be a cold one? All it shows is that plenty of flowereing wood was produced and ripened LAST year and is now bearing fruit (pun intended  ;D).

Great pictures though.

[Froglegs]

My pyracanthas have loads of berries on to. Many would say this WAS a sight of a bad winter to come but as i have already seen a blackbird tucking into a few berries, this seems unlikely at this stage. After all how can a plant know the following winter is going to be a cold one? All it shows is that plenty of flowereing wood was produced and ripened LAST year and is now bearing fruit (pun intended  ;D).

Great pictures though.

You are silly everybody knows mother nature tells it, so if it does not survive the winter theres a better chance some of its offspring will. And how do i know that? ma Grandad told me that his dad told him. ;D