I know this must come up all the time, but I'd really appreciate if someone could ID this shrub from a nearby garden? Think it may be raspberry?
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If those wee white flowers are part of it, have a sniff at the leaves, it looks awfully like one of the currants or rasps 
and they're in flower like that just now in my garden.
cheers,
Toddy
and they're in flower like that just now in my garden.cheers,
Toddy
Someone else said sniff it, but as a sufferer of hay-fever, at the moment I'm struggling to smell anything! 
I reckon it's a flowering currant. There's small green fruit in the middle like currants but I think it's still a bit too early for any of the edible ones to have set yet.
Nope, my currants have all set fruit - I'd say the pic is of a currant, but not sure what sort.
Edited to add - Qwerty, make sure you net it, or the birds won't leave you any to sample!
Edited to add - Qwerty, make sure you net it, or the birds won't leave you any to sample!
definatly some type of current but its hard to tell when the fruit is not ripe. could be a black or red current, gooseberry or posably an ornemental current which are grown just for their flowers.
pete
pete
Leaves are too small and I can't see any thorns so that rules out gooseberry. Flowers appear to be in the wrong place for raspberries, they appear more one the end of stalks - does it have any thorns? I'd expect the flowers to be pink for a flowering currant and the leaves to have some red shading for a white currant. So, either red or a black currant and I'd go for blackcurrant.
The berries have now ripened and I have even less of a clue now (nothing new there!)
What does the jury say now?
What does the jury say now?
Oh well....jam's always good...they make great tarts, they freeze well too, I'm told they make good wine but I've not tried that.
cheers,
Toddy
cheers,
Toddy
The best and easiest to make jam is Blackcurrant jam and it goes very well with good vanilla ice cream.
