According to Collins Dictionary "possessing prickles or thorns". These acacnaceous blackberries volunteer every year by my driveway and require me to use leather gloves to pull them out!
Nice close-up of the thorns. Blackberries have volunteered all over my yard. There is a blackberry farm nearby and the birds make their deposit at our house.
@thewatersphotos nothing wrong with the leaves Gary but those thorns...... @tunia I have been caught by them more often than I would like to recall, Tunia @olivetreeann sadly there are never enough berries to harvest,Ann, because it is a very small strip by my driveway I leave any that do grow for the birds @ludwigsdiana Thanks Diana It is a real challenge to pick them @kjarn definitely, Kathy! @wakelys yes they are and you are welcome @darchibald thanks, especially for the FAV. I never thought about how they got there before Dave @illinilass the gloves do get caught by the thorns Dorothy but the thorns don't penetrate them @shutterbug49 guessing it was you who made such a nice comment under the darkroom profile thanks Debbie @koalagardens They will definitley leave a mark on one's body parts, Katrina
@shutterbug49 thought that might be the case. Thanks again, Debbie. @louannwarren well I think they have developed a variety that does not have such thorny stems, but the wild ones can be very threatening.
@rensala Sorry that is not the type of black berry but a generic term for thorns or prickles. I can see how the title woulld mislead you now @randystreat they really are more threatening looking in this photo I think
@scoobylou mostly I avoid them so not really an issue. If I were into harvesting blackberries, it would be.
That’s really sweet of you to say Lana. I have just decided that after 13 years I don’t have anything fresh or exciting to show anymore so it was more of a chore than a pleasure
Vicious prickles - catch your clothes and sleeves as you tackle them! I hear what you say to Lana - I feel the same way and now no longer feel guilty that I haven't got a photo.
@tunia I have been caught by them more often than I would like to recall, Tunia
@olivetreeann sadly there are never enough berries to harvest,Ann, because it is a very small strip by my driveway I leave any that do grow for the birds
@ludwigsdiana Thanks Diana It is a real challenge to pick them
@kjarn definitely, Kathy!
@wakelys yes they are and you are welcome
@darchibald thanks, especially for the FAV. I never thought about how they got there before Dave
@illinilass the gloves do get caught by the thorns Dorothy but the thorns don't penetrate them
@shutterbug49 guessing it was you who made such a nice comment under the darkroom profile thanks Debbie
@koalagardens They will definitley leave a mark on one's body parts, Katrina
@louannwarren well I think they have developed a variety that does not have such thorny stems, but the wild ones can be very threatening.
That’s really sweet of you to say Lana. I have just decided that after 13 years I don’t have anything fresh or exciting to show anymore so it was more of a chore than a pleasure
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