In my search around the garden, I found some other 'seed carrying vessels' of interest.
These are dry drupes on my Carolina Silverbell, Halesia carolina 'Arnold Pink' .
"Dry drupes".
I bet you didn't think you would be reading a sentence today with those two words combined in it! It sounds like what you might call someone to insult them... "you dry drupe, you, why I oughta
Then I found these pods on my red bud tree, Cercis canadensis.This is a sure sign to me that this tree is in the pea family.
My neighbor has these crabapples all over her crabapple tree. These are technically called pome fruits.
Here are some much smaller pome fruits on my crabapple tree, Malus 'Guinevere'.The birds will eat these in no time.
I also looked for some pome fruits on my Serviceberry, but the birds had already eaten all of them. I wonder why they don't they call it a Servicepome?
These "seed carrying vessels" are on the Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis.I squeezed one and it had one seed inside and was all gushy. I think it must be a drupe. It's also quite poisonous. Yes, it's a poisoinous drupe in my garden.
Finally, I arrived back to nearly where I started and found my beautyberry shrubs, Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai' .I assume these are true berries, but you never know!
Comments
Dry drupes-dry drupes- dry drupes it's fun to say those words -can't wait to call somebody a dry drupe.
It's always a treat to come to your blog I never fail to learn something new.
About that beautyberry... are those fussy at all for you? Or fairly drought-tolerant? I keep thinking that I should find a place for them somewhere in my garden...
Frances
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Blackswamp_Girl, the beautyberry has been in my garden for a year and so far, it hasn't been fussy at all. When it got dry in August, it needed no supplemental watering.
Vanillalotus, I love seeing all the different kinds of seed pods, too.
Anthony, thanks for such a nice comment!
EAL, I agree, that beautyberry provides great fall color. It beats out mums any day!
Morning Glory in Round Rock, There's a C. americana that would do well in your Texas garden, I think.
Frances, What would be the 'knock out punch'? After 'dry drupe' what is there left?
Cindy, MCOK, I'm confused sometimes on just 'what is what', too. I don't think a drupe-less garden is a bad thing, by the way...
Lisa at Greenbow, it was a great idea to post about our "berries". I've noticed "whatever that is" on my LoV several years in a row... They grow in mostly shade up by the house, and it can get dry there.
Thanks all for joining in with comments. None of you are 'dry drupes', that's for sure!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
Congrats on your Blotanical nominations! Fantastic.
Gail
The drupe I'd want most is a raspberry.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose