Red roots

[Christopher Schroeter]

Just clearing my mates garden and I've come across a load of roots that bleed red. Do you know what they could be?

[Mark Bolam]

Is your mate a serial killer?

[Christopher Schroeter]

Is your mate a serial killer?

Come to think of it.......it's all for a new patio! I'll ask him.

[peatff]

Alder roots show up like that when they are exposed on the bank of the brook near us.

[Goaty]

Myrobalan plum or other purple leaved species. Bit like beetroot effect.

Alnus comes from a germanic word alors meaning red., refering to the colour of newly exposed timber.

But its more of a ginger red

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Edited February 28, 2017 by Goaty

[Christopher Schroeter]

Nice ideas. The computer says that Prunus cerasifera is commonly used as root stock and can propagate by suckering which would explain why the bloody things were everywhere!

I have a new found hate for roots....so much so I might start stumpgringing while cackling manically!

[Goaty]

I personally am not a fan. Bullfinches go mad for the buds, to me it's a glorified blackthorn.

 

 

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[IRE David H]

Just clearing my mates garden and I've come across a load of roots that bleed red. Do you know what they could be?

a bloody nuisance