Re: weekend gardening
Well, with a little googling, I think the problem is those old common names.
The site reads:
Goumi (Eleagnus multiflora) is a tasty berry related to the native autumn
olive.
It does not say:
Goumi (Eleagnus multiflora) is a tasty berry related to the autumn olive.
First, it is spelled Elaeagnus multiflora and another common name for it is
Cherry Silverberry (easier than Goumi, but not as much fun). So then I
checked for what an ordinary Silverberry would be and I found:
Elaeagnus commutata, which is indeed native to North America.
So I think the Twin Oaks people are correct; it would have just been better
to use a more commonly used common name to get their point across as in:
Goumi / Cherry Silverberry (Eleagnus multiflora) is a tasty berry related to
the native Silverberry.
Kitty
----- Original Message -----
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weekend gardening
> The site states it is related to "native" autumn olive. My references
> state that autumn olive (E. umbrellata) is native to Asia.
> Another relative is the much hated Russian olive that seems to be
> taking over our western states.
> Cathy
> On Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 03:28 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Interesting. Eleagnus multiflora:
> > http://www.twinoaks.org/gallery/news-2003/goumi_kaweah2
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] weekend gardening
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