Cox's barberry
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Cox 'barberry ( Berberis coxii ) is a plant from the family of the Barberry (Berberidaceae). It is native to the northeast of Myanmar .
description
Cox 'barberry is a dense evergreen shrub with elliptical to ovate-elliptical leaves that are toothed and up to 5 centimeters long. They are glossy dark green on top and heavily frosted on the underside. In late spring, clusters of 3 to 6 pale yellow flowers appear. The berries are oblong-egg-shaped, black in color and blue-pricked.
use
This species is used as an ornamental shrub in gardens and parks.
swell
- The Royal Horticultural Society; Christopher Brickell (Ed.): The Great Plant Encyclopedia A – Z. Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2004, ISBN 3-8310-0657-1 .