Frikarts barberry
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Frikart's barberry ( Berberis × frikartii ) is a hybrid of the snowy barberry ( Berberis candidula ) and the warty barberry ( Berberis verruculosa ).
description
Frikart's barberry is an evergreen , densely branched shrub up to 1.5 meters high, the branches of which are brownish yellow and densely covered with warts. The leaves are glossy dark green on top and greyish-white on the underside and are elliptical in shape, up to 3.5 centimeters long, curled at the edge, coarse and with 2 to 4 teeth on both sides. The light yellow flowers appear in May and stand alone or in pairs. The berries remain green and have blue and white frosting.
use
Like many other barberries, this type of plant is often used in various varieties as an ornamental shrub.
Cultivated forms
Different forms are known:
- 'Amstelveen': A compact, low bush with glossy light green leaves on the top and bluish-white to white leaves on the underside.
- 'Stäfa'
- 'Telstar'
- 'Verrucandi'
swell
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2006, ISBN 3-8001-4832-3 .
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .