The rowan tree, known as the mountain ash, is a mystical and ancient tree that has long been celebrated in folklore for its ...

Learning how to prune rowan trees is important, particularly if you want to enjoy a bounty of berries come the fall and ...

After enjoying an oatcake with cheese and rowan jelly, the residents present were called to order by a pipe tune played by Andrew Nicol. The tree was planted by Sarah Wright, long-standing ...

is an ornamental tree with edible but bitter berries. But its cousin, Europe's mountain ash or rowan tree ( S. aucuparia ) offers beauty and much more palatable berries with a zingy flavor.

Yet that is precisely what has happened with the humble rowan, a tree so steeped in folklore and legend that it is hard to think of it as simply a thing of Nature. From driving back witches to saving ...