AT A GLANCE
When is the right time to cut the barberry?
The barberry can do both in spring as well as in autumn cut. The plant offers you more than just a cutting time and quickly grows back into a dense bush after the intervention.
When is the right time to cut at the beginning of the year?
Cut up the barberry in late winter End of February. You can get the shrub in shape without endangering the new shoots in spring. A professional pruning of the barberry at the right time is not harmful to the shrub. It can even promote healthy growth.
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When can I prune the barberry in the fall?
The month of October is also a good time to prune the barberry. Use the time when the summer is over but a cold winter has not yet set in. Since the barberry has a healthy growth instinct, you can even prune the bush twice a year. So you can use the pruning time at the beginning of the year as well as in autumn.
Can I also harvest berries at the time of cutting?
If you use an editing time in October, you can do that too
fruit the Harvest barberries. The striking red berries of the common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) are ripe from August and then often stay on the bush until winter. If you cut branches with red berries from the barberry, you can use them to make juice or jam, for example. You can also use the barberry cut back radically.How pruning compatible is the barberry?
The barberry tolerates pruning very good. You can low-maintenance Shrub not only on the desired Height cut, but also make an attractive shape cut. Especially if you have the barberry as a hedge plants, the cutting compatibility is an important advantage. However, pay attention to the following things:
- use sharp cutting tool
- Clean blade before intervention
- use the correct cutting time
Tip
Avoid pruning in summer
Avoid clipping barberry hedges while birds are nesting. Since the shrub grows quite dense and has a full foliage, birds like to build nests in it. If you cut at the wrong time, you could disturb the breeding animals.
