A strong and thorny shrub that can be found on poor, sandy
grounds. this shrub is winterhardy and can be found in
gardens. Cats hate this shrub for its long thorns.
Flowering
The European Barberry flowers with yellow flowers on the end of the spring.
cultivars
There are very many cultivars , most of them with red leaves.
The long thorns can be found on the underside of the shrub.
barberry jam
Barberry jam is an very delicious jam made of the ripe red berries
of the barberry. use the traditional recipe for producing jam.
Do not use the unripe berries.
dried barberries
Dried barberries play an important role in the
traitional Iranian kitchen, they add a very sour taste
to some irnian dishes. The Dried berries are mixed
with pilav rice.
New leaves at the start of the spring. The leaves belong to
a cultivar with red leaves. The small flowers of the berberis
The unripe berries of the berbery can't be eaten,foto made in Juli.
The ripe berries in september
thorny bushes
These shrubs can be an effectiv measurement
against cats and thieves. They get more then a meter
high and will increase the wildlive in youre garden.
They will grow on every soil.
