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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,300
    Berberis



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,046
    @fizzyliz I don't like the smell of the flowers!
    RETIRED GARDENER, SOUTH NOTTS.
    Building a garden is very personal. It's not quite the same as installing a boiler.
    James Alexander Sinclair 
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 390
    @nutcutlet ah ok, the berberis we have in our hedge looks completely different to this! It has orange berries and green almost cutout leaves rather than smooth oval with yellow flowers! 
    Is it a particular type then?
    @GardenerSuze I think initially on walking past it smelt nice but then I had a sniff after your comment and er yeah it’s not actually that pleasant!
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,046
    @fizzyliz A friend of mine held a national collection of Berberis. It filled a field! You can get them in different colours and sizes.
    RETIRED GARDENER, SOUTH NOTTS.
    Building a garden is very personal. It's not quite the same as installing a boiler.
    James Alexander Sinclair 
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 390
    @GardenerSuze ah ok, thank you! Who knew! Learning something new every day 😊👍
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 53,974
    Loads of varieties of them. Orange or yellow flowers, deciduous, evergreen, red foliage, green foliage. All good plants for awkward areas.

    I like the smell, although I don't have a great sense of smell, so perhaps that has something to do with it  :)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,592
    Agree with GardenerSuze  and Fairygirl re number,colour etc of Berberis sp

    I believe your one may be Berberis julianae.
    Pendulous  clusters of tiny golden flowers, huge thorns in groups of 3, leaves with lethal prickles.
    Compare...see...

    https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=11713966@N02&sort=date-taken-desc&text=berberis julianae&view_all=1


    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 390
    Ah brilliant! Thanks @Silver surfer 😀👍
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