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Luis The Rowan - cultivation & uses

part of Spring Prompt 2, from one of 20 modules of 'Ogham Prompts'

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Feb 25, 2024
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Cultivating Rowan Trees

Rowan is another native colonising tree in Ireland, and around the world, but not with the widespread reach of Birch. While Birch seeds travel far and from landing tend to expand or encourage woodland growth on lowlands, Rowan tends to propagate itself upland.

Rowan seeds harvested from droppings?

Where Rowan settles and grows, it …

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