AT A GLANCE
Which barberry is ideal for birds?
The common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) is best for birds as it provides a safe haven dense branching, sharp thorns and dense foliage and vitamin-rich berries as a source of food well into winter delivers.
Which barberry is best for birds?
The Ordinary barberry (Berberis vulgaris) is the ideal wood for the bird-friendly garden. For these reasons, birds know the native one Barberry Art much appreciated:
- Safe retreat due to long, pointed thorns, dense foliage and impenetrable branching.
- Valuable food for birds, thanks to the vitamin-rich berries, well into the winter.
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What does the barberry look like to birds?
The common barberry is a decorative, up to 2.50 m tall, deciduous shrub with bright yellow flowers in spring, dark red berries from August and an orange-yellow autumn color. If you use sour thorn as a solitaire or plant bird hedge, embellish your bed and garden at the same time with one that is worth seeing eye candy.
The scarlet berries are edible though. In the bird-friendly garden, the fruits get stuck on the thorny branches than
important food source for growling little bird bellies.Tip
Barberry Bee Pasture
The common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) is not only a generous tree for feeding birds. From April to June, the yellow or orange-red flowers invite you to harvest the nectar. With an impressive nectar value of 3, sour thorn is one of the most popular bee pastures for the natural garden. so that bees, bumblebees and butterflies enough pollen for that pollination take it with you, the sticky stamens press down on the insects like a barrier.
