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Berberis












Latin plant name Berberis
Common plant name
Plant type Evergreen shrub
Size (meters) <1,5 - 3 m
Distinguishing features Many deciduous species are noted for their attractive pink or red autumn colour. In some evergreen species from China the leaves are brilliant white beneath, a feature valued horticulturally.

The flowers are produced singly or in racemes of up to 20 on a single flower-head. They are yellow or orange, 3-6 mm long.

The fruit is a small berry 5-15 mm long.

They work very good for hedging.

Very thorny.

Aucuba japonica - Spotted laurel















Latin plant name Aucuba japonica
Common plant name Spotted laurel
Plant type Evergreen woody shrub
Size (meters) < 1,5 m
Distinguishing features The leaves are opposite, broad lanceolate.

Aucuba japonica are dioecious, they have separate male and female plants.

The flowers are small, 4-8 mm diameter, with four purplish-brown petals.

The fruit is a red berry approximately 1 cm in diameter, which is avoided by birds.

Ribes rubrum - Black, white and red currant







Latin plant name Ribes (nigra, glandulosum and rubrum)
Common plant name Black, white and red currant
Plant type Fruiting deciduos woody shrub
Size (meters) < 1,5 m
Distinguishing features Thornless stems.

The flowers are inconspicuous yellow-green, in pendulous 4–8 cm racemes, maturing into bright red translucent edible berries about 8–12 mm diameter, with 3-10 berries on each raceme.

With maturity, the tart flavour of redcurrant fruit is slightly greater than its blackcurrant relative, but with the same approximate sweetness. The albino variant of redcurrant, often referred to as white currant, has the same tart flavour but with greater sweetness. Although frequently cultivated for jams and cooked preparations, much like the white currant, it is often served raw or as a simple accompaniment in salads, garnishes, or drinks when in season.

Deciduous plant.

Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry invicta





Latin plant name Ribes uva-crispa
Common plant name Gooseberry invicta
Plant type Fruiting woody shrub
Size (meters) < 1,5 m
Distinguishing features Thorny stems.

Delicious edible green berries. Gooseberries are often used as an ingredient in desserts, such as pies, fools and crumbles. They are also used to flavour beverages such as sodas, flavoured waters, or milk, and can be made into fruit wines and teas. Gooseberries can be preserved in the form of jams, dried fruit, or as the primary or a secondary ingredient in pickling, or stored in sugar syrup.

Deciduous plant.

Ilex aquifolium - Common holly



Latin plant name Ilex aquifolium
Common plant name Common holly
Plant type Woody evergreen shrub
Size (meters) 1-10 m
Distinguishing features Holly is dioecious, meaning that there are male plants and female plants.  In male specimens, the flowers are yellowish and appear in axillary groups. In the female, flowers are isolated or in groups of three and are small and white or slightly pink, and consist of four petals and four sepals partially fused at the base. has bright red berries. It is a slow growing shrub.

Raspberries

To grow the rapsberries put two stakes and some lines of wire between them. Let the rapsberry plant grow around the wires.

If you cut with a spade the base with some roots and you move that soil to a different place, you will get a new plant of raspberries.

Usually each plant would give berries every other year.