tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post2078593538687629954..comments2024-03-13T01:12:05.347-07:00Comments on Weeding on the Wild Side: Wildflower Wednesday: Berberis nervosa, favorite plant of the weekHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-49564852525763149192013-11-04T00:51:41.122-08:002013-11-04T00:51:41.122-08:00Thanks, Donna, I don't have to water them in t...Thanks, Donna, I don't have to water them in the summer and they always look great.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-3417003818159566182013-11-03T16:12:25.665-08:002013-11-03T16:12:25.665-08:00Hannah what a great native plant...I love those th...Hannah what a great native plant...I love those that are tough and take care of themselves.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-17429932741995830142013-10-29T14:36:18.296-07:002013-10-29T14:36:18.296-07:00I would never get rid of a Mahonia plant, they are...I would never get rid of a Mahonia plant, they are wonderful and not at all invasive. I would welcome them in any of the non-mown areas of my yard, but find them hard to spread. In addition to the edible fruit, the bark of it and other Barberries is medicinal, anti-bacterial, and here is an article about uses against Psoriasis-<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7997469Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-22578887986860278592013-10-29T09:17:42.679-07:002013-10-29T09:17:42.679-07:00Growing in the colder zones can be challenging. ...Growing in the colder zones can be challenging. I looked at the USDA site again and they show Mahonia aquifolium growing up into Canada so I don't understand the conflicting information, one site said it was hardy to zone 5. I don't put weed killer on the Mahonia, but on the invasive blackberries. I also have to use it on stumps of hazelnut and big leaf maple since they will keep suckering and growing again, but that is pretty much all, and since I only cover the cut surface it doesn't get into my soil.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-42206531755385984072013-10-29T06:17:12.237-07:002013-10-29T06:17:12.237-07:00Mahonia is one of those plants I would love to hav...Mahonia is one of those plants I would love to have in my garden, but unfortunately it's not hardy here. I saw quite a few different cultivars while on a visit to North Carolina last year and thought they were beautiful. Isn't it interesting that a plant some of us would love to grow but can't becomes invasive in another environment? I don't blame you at all for using the brush killer. I try to avoid pesticides, too, but we have volunteer mulberry trees popping up all over, and brush-killer is the only way to keep them from returning even after they've been cut down. <br /><br />Thanks for visiting me--Happy Wildflower Wednesday!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-4000117733104118082013-10-27T20:43:10.231-07:002013-10-27T20:43:10.231-07:00Last year I crushed some berries and went around s...Last year I crushed some berries and went around sowing them randomly, I haven't been able to tell if any came up, but they are very difficult to transplant, unlike Salal which I have transplanted. The Aster change still bugs me, I guess if the growers and gardeners won't acknowledge the name changes, they could just ignore the taxonomists. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-85428348993180073612013-10-27T20:40:21.673-07:002013-10-27T20:40:21.673-07:00I also hate these name changes, I started out writ...I also hate these name changes, I started out writing with the Mahonia name, but caved. But perhaps there is hope since the USDA site still calls them Mahonia. It seems really confusing to me to call them Berberis.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-41731946146853669132013-10-27T18:56:40.783-07:002013-10-27T18:56:40.783-07:00It's so pretty and sounds like a great choice ...It's so pretty and sounds like a great choice for your garden. No longer Mahonia? I learned something new and I've only just begun to think of Mahonia for my own garden. How should we keep up when the names are moving about as they do?Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-57984693555740559012013-10-27T17:50:39.995-07:002013-10-27T17:50:39.995-07:00This is one of my favorite natives too.But I don&#...This is one of my favorite natives too.But I don't think I'll ever call it anything but Mahonia. I didn't know the berries were edible.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.com