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Mystery Flowering Bush #83616 May 23rd, 2006 at 10:22 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Maine Merme OP Member
OP Merme Member Joined: Oct 2004 Maine	When I was a kid in Pennsylvania, we had a large, briar-like/bramble type bush in our backyard that produced a dark russet "flower". These flowers were small and shaped like unopened buds and had the texture of strawflowers. My mom always called this bush "Myrrh", but it could not have possibly been true Myrrh which grows best in the deserts of the mid-East and Africa! Anyone have any ideas on what this bush actually was? Merme

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Re: Mystery Flowering Bush #83617 May 25th, 2006 at 02:27 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member
papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b	Hi Merme, About your Myrrh shrub, here are links I found on the 'net. Info about different sources/characteristics of Myrrh at http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/commiphora.html Pictures of Myrrh shrub [tree] at: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Commiphora_abyssinica.htm

Re: Mystery Flowering Bush #83618 June 11th, 2006 at 01:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Maine Merme OP Member
OP Merme Member Joined: Oct 2004 Maine	My older sister believes the "Mystery plant" was a variety of Witch Hazel. Although I was quite young, I remember really liking those russet toned budlike things on it. Merme

Re: Mystery Flowering Bush #83619 June 12th, 2006 at 02:22 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 SoCal via WV R RugbyHukr Member
RugbyHukr Member R Joined: Apr 2005 SoCal via WV	right part of the country for it... Hamamelia intermedia

Re: Mystery Flowering Bush #83620 June 15th, 2006 at 02:26 AM
Joined: Jun 2006 Charlotte NC F FreedSoul Member
FreedSoul Member F Joined: Jun 2006 Charlotte NC	could it have been this one?.. http://images.google.com/images?hl=...p;btnG=Google+Search&sa=N&tab=wi it has a scent that stays with you always...

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