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Butcher's Broom |
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Ruscus aculeatus |
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Carl Farmer |
A rare garden escape. Cladodes (look like leaves) 1-4 cm long. Skye ID: Has dark green spine-tipped cladodes with small greenish flowers in their centre. Other features: An evergreen shrub. The true leaves are very small and brownish. The flowers come out from January onwards and the female ones develop into a red berry. |
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Carl Farmer |
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Carl Farmer |