Monday, May 17, 2010

Tree or shrub of the northern hemisphere with white or pink flowers and red fruits?

This is a clue for a crossword. The letters are _A_T_ _ _ _S

Tree or shrub of the northern hemisphere with white or pink flowers and red fruits?
Took me all day to solve this:-


The answer is CATALPAS.


solve your own Xwords in future
Reply:Believe what you describe is a flowering crap apple tree. Flowers pink/white and produces red/orange berries.


Nandinas(Heavenly Bamboo) also flower white and then produce red berries.


Hawthornes produce dark blue to black berries, but flower pink or white, depending on variety.


I have all three in my landscape.
Reply:Some of the ones that come to mind are...





crab apples


cherries


pomegranates





Are you sure about the other letters?
Reply:HAWTHORNS





(You're welcome. I love crossword puzzles, too)
Reply:Your first guy was probably right. The others can't count and must be colour-blind.


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