Late summer and autumn deliver lots of hedgerow berries, some blue, some black and many red, but the brightest of all are the waxy berries of the guelder rose.
It is a shrubby plant rather than a tree, rarely getting more than three metres in height
The leaves look almost like maple leaves but the plant is actually one of our two native Viburnums.
CAUTION: the uncooked berries can cause vomiting and diarrhoea if eaten so don't be tempted by their resemblance to red currants.
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