A couple of weeks ago I mentioned how there are a large amounts of fruit and berries around this year. This was never more apparent in the garden than with the Mountain Ash or rowan trees [Sorbus ...

How long the berries stay on show on the trees remains to be seen. Hungry birds can clear a tree in a matter of days, but the onset of feeding can vary enormously. Some mountain ash, or rowan as ...

is an ornamental tree with edible but bitter berries. But its cousin, Europe's mountain ash or rowan tree ( S. aucuparia ) offers beauty and much more palatable berries with a zingy flavor.

The link probably derives from the tree’s berry colour and markings ... As in north Scotland, the wood was cut without a knife, before each cross’s constituent parts were tied together with red string ...

How the indefatigable little tree, known as the "Rannoch Rowan", came to grow here has long been a source of fascination. The most likely explanation is a passing bird dropped a rowan berry and ...