Re: Barberry (Berberis)
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- Subject: Re: Barberry (Berberis)
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 05:14:26 -0400
Well, Gail, I don't know about the sunflower hulls, but wonder why
you've been putting lime on this shrub? Think you need to stop doing
that. I have quite a few barberries, all growing away happily in my
normally acid clay. Find them quite undemanding and even tolerant of
more shade than I know they really want...they do seed about some. I
whack some of them back when they get larger than I want...they take
pruning quite well.
Could be a tad early for it to produce new leaves where you are?
Mine have leafed out, but I am farther south than you.
These are very adaptable and tough shrubs who can take most anything
except wet feet...does your soil drain well?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Gail Lussier <lussier@fas.harvard.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:15 AM
>
> I wonder if I am killing this plant with ignorance. Over the past
> several years it has been the major hide-out for the many birds who
> visit my sunflower feeder and I noticed quite a build up of shells
> under the bush this spring which I cleaned out as well as I can
> without pruning. I have also been liming this bush 2x a year for
the
> past several years, but it seems to me that the bush was doing
better
> without my intervention and without the thick layer of shells. This
> is a deciduous form which seems reluctant to produce many leaves
this
> year although the branches look healthy.
>
> Any suggestions? Thank you,
>
> Gail
> Massachusetts, Zone 6
>
>
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