Leaf. This is the time to pick them. Just be sure you've got permission from the landowner. In blind taste tests the tea from fermented leaves beat everything but Ribes nigrum leaves. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1992-06-01.
Sorbus aucuparia
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Fruit and leaf. You only get a real harvest of berries once every 3 years or so. Espoo, Finland. Wild. 1992-08-01. |
Branch in fruit. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1992-08-01. |
Young tree in spring. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1992-06-01. |
Tree burdened with berries. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 1995-10-01. |
The wildform (red berries) and a cultivar (yellow berries), growing side by side. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 1998-09-01. |
1998 was a good year for mountain ash berries. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1998-09-01. |
Flowering branches. Kullaa, Finland. Wild. 2000-06-15. |
Rowanberries in a snowcovered tree. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2002-11-11. |
Rowanberries in a snowcovered tree. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2002-11-11. |
Rowanberries in a snowcovered tree. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2002-11-11. |
Snowcovered branch of rowanberries. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2002-11-11. |
cv. Berries and leaf. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-09. |
cv. Young tree in berry. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-09. |
Berry and leaf. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-09. |
Berries. It was a good rowanberry year again, in places. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2004-09-12. |
Autumn color on a still lakeside. Jämsä, Finland. Wild. 2004-10-02. |
Bright autumn foliage against a dark forest. Jämsä, Finland. Wild. 2004-10-02. |
Young tree in spring. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12. |
Flowering tree. Siuro, Finland. Wild. 2005-06-11. |
Flowers. Siuro, Finland. Wild. 2005-06-11. |
Branch in flower. Siuro, Finland. Wild. 2005-06-11. |
Half a basketful of berries. Perheniemi, Finland. Picked. 2006-08-16. |
A small basket with berries. Perheniemi, Finland. Picked. 2006-08-16. |