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Botany

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9. Natives take longer. The nursery industry likes crap such as barberry which can be propagated by cuttings.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:17 AM

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Millions of Crimson Pygmy Barberry are produced and sold every year.

Those fruits are eaten by birds and the green form of the plant pops up all over the
place. The Oak Openings park west of Toledo has tons of them.

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Natives take longer. The nursery industry likes crap such as barberry which can be propagated by cuttings. Botany Monday #9