I am so thick ...

[The Chili Monster]

I don't know what elderflowers or elderberries look like. The wikipedia article has added to the confusion.
Does anyone have a decent photo that they could post or even a decent description?
All advice gratefully received!

[Hepsibah]

elderberries and elderflowers

[The Chili Monster]

Great, thanks!

[Andy Hamilton]

All got to learn don't be so harsh on yourself. I did not know what parsnips looked like until I saw some growing earlier this year and I think I might have pulled some of mine out thinking they were weeds!

[the.fee.fairy]

aw, bless you!

I'm thick too...i went fruit picking yesterday and picked a load of what i thought were damsons, only to get home and have my dad tell me they weren't. Have to put off the damson wine for a while...

[Millymollymandy]

No that's not thick! I have a damson tree - I think - I'm not really sure! We can't all know everything can we? We wouldn't need a forum to ask question on then!

[the.fee.fairy]

Dad told me that Damsons were in the middle of sloes and plums size-wise.

Apparently, they've also got to have the strange bluey-purpley dusty stuff on them too...

[Millymollymandy]

They have that! I didn't have a clue what they were never having seen them for sale here but after watching a programme on telly about wild foraging I thought - that's what I have! Cos they aren't great to eat raw! Also the birds never went after them like they did the sweet plums. (Obviously I have sweet toothed birds round here!).

[Cheezy]

Dad told me that Damsons were in the middle of sloes and plums size-wise.

Apparently, they've also got to have the strange bluey-purpley dusty stuff on them too...

Yep, they have a bloom on them a bit like grapes do, which you can polish off (I think it's a wild yeast bloom) and then they have a deep shiney purple colour . They look exactly the same as sloes but bigger ,in fact are about the size of grapes. The stone is more like a plum's in shape.

My next door neighbour has a tree, and I get first rights on the fruit. We didn't get any last year, but it's looking good this year.

[the.fee.fairy]

i found a new tree the other day...might have to take up the same hobby as someone else on here...trespassing!