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boxofdelights ([personal profile] boxofdelights) wrote2021-10-31 10:17 pm
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autumn colors

The family that used to live here liked to plant things with thorns, spines, or prickles. They also liked to plant things in spaces too small for them. This Japanese barberry fits both those categories. Also it is an invasive exotic. But it pays off in fall.

Berberis thunbergii:

japanese barberry bush, shading from orange to purple

The kale is also beautiful:

three kale plants
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[personal profile] lunabee34 2021-11-01 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
I love pretty cabbages and lettuces. Purple and green FTW!
jesse_the_k: text: Be kinder than need be: everyone is fighting some kind of battle (lost youth)

I'm glad you can get a pro/con balance

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2021-11-06 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)

on barberries (which I think of as barbarian bushes).

The pretty kale is edible, right?