Shrub with berries ...

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Shrub with berries ...

Post: # 202074Post Silver Ether »

this is growing over from next door... any ideas what it is please and if its edible .... :wink:

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Post: # 202084Post Odsox »

If it has brilliant orange flowers in the spring and has wicked thorns, then it's a berberis (Berberis Darwinii) and the berries are edible.
I wouldn't grow it for it's berries though as they are not the tastiest in the world, but sweet enough, but more often grown as a hedge ... because of the thorns.
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Post: # 202113Post Silver Ether »

oh yes thats it ... thankyou so much ... will try the berries that are reachable ... :icon_smile:
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