Prunus spinosa Britain, and in Germany and other central European countries. Sloes can also be made into jam, chutney, and used in fruit pies. Sloes preserved in vinegar are similar in taste to Japanese "umeboshi". The juice of the fruits dyes linen a reddish colour that washes out to a durable pale blue. Blackthorn makes an excellent fire wood that burns slowly with a good heat and little smoke. The wood takes a fine polish and is used for tool handles and canes. Straight blackthorn stems have traditionally been made into walking sticks or clubs (known in Ireland as a shillelagh). In
Grevillea spinosa Grevillea spinosa Grevillea spinosa, also known as the spiny grevillea, is an evergreen shrub of the genus "Grevillea" native to an area in the east of the Mid West, northern Goldfields-Esperance and southern Pilbara regions of Western Australia. The prickly shrub typically grows to a height of and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple, dissected, subpinnatisect leaves with a blade that is . It blooms from May to September and produces a terminal raceme irregular inflorescence with green or yellow flowers and orange styles. Later it forms red-brown simple hairy oblong to ovoid fruit that is long. The plant has