Sounds similar to "yellow furze". I came upon this in researching my Reddys in County Meath and they belonged to the parish of Yellow Furze. I learned that it was a bright yellow flower among thorns and a nusiance to farmers. Upon a visit to Ireland I saw much of it on many hillsides. > > From: "Sandra Hawley" <sjhawley@interisland.net> > Date: 2004/05/11 Tue AM 11:49:20 EDT > To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Irish-American] Irish plants > > Hi, > A plant we saw everywhere in Tipperary was fuschia. The story I was told is > that wherever you saw a fuschia bush, it was likely the site of an old house > that had fallen down. We saw plenty of fuschia bushes. Other plants that > you really don't want that seemed to be prevalent were thistles and sedge - > the sheep avoided those. We already have enough of these in the Pacific NW. > (I live on SJ Island and would be interested to know what other plants you > come up with.) I bought a booklet of Irish flowers and will try to find it > to see what else it lists. > > Sandra > San Juan Island, WA > > -----Original Message----- > From: wood.pat@comcast.net [mailto:wood.pat@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:37 AM > To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Irish-American] Irish plants > > Hi > > Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you > think > of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. > > We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had > to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is > similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is > very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of > nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. > > This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, > bushes > and flowers. > > All ideas most welcome! Thanks. > Pat Wood > Fircrest, WA > > > -- > Pat Wood > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > >