Spindle
Under Brehon Law, the spindle was considered among the Lower Divisions of the Wood. Deciduous. 3-6 metres tall, with opposite, finely serrated leaves which are lanceolate in form, on green, square stems. The deep-greeen foliage turns yellow through to dark red in autumn. The four-petaled, hermaphrodite, spring flowers appear in April. They are small, inconspicuous […]