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scrumpy.mycat
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Please can you identify this plant it has been growing in our field for a while, and is it poisonous.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_plum
I’d be gathering those and filling my freezer ... lovely for pies 😋
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How gorgeous.
Is this in UK?
Looks like Prunus cerasifera..common name Cherry plum.
Yes edible.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/94416/i-Prunus-cerasifera-i-(F)/Details
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&channel=crow&biw=1920&bih=944&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=meA0XbqpOrG7gwfSo4b4AQ&q=prunus+yellow+fruit&oq=prunus+yellow+fruit&gs_l=img.1.0.0i24.16601.17391..19168...0.0..0.85.849.11......0....1..gws-wiz-img.DS2LpbmYN9s#imgrc=T7gQACqYFNpg-M:
OR
Prunus avium gold...a yellow cherry.
Yes edible
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&channel=crow&biw=1920&bih=937&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=8eA0XfPHDamJlwSv6oHoDQ&q=prunus+avium+yellow+fruit&oq=prunus+avium+yellow+fruit&gs_l=img.12...43500.46313..47605...0.0..0.91.475.6......0....1..gws-wiz-img.PVZ4D4SvULA&ved=0ahUKEwizhOPqgcfjAhWpxIUKHS91AN0Q4dUDCAY#imgrc=b_p_V1aRNEFzfM:
Try to cut one in half.
What shape is the stone.
Cherry stone is round.
Cherry plum stone is oval.