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Caution - This popular decorative plant is poisonous

2022-01-26T08:21:40.601Z


Caution - This popular decorative plant is poisonous Created: 01/26/2022, 09:08 By: Janine Napirca Snowberries against a black background © AGAMI/W. Leurs/Imago Do you like to decorate your home with real plants? Special caution is required with snowberries. Snowberry branches are not only attractive as ornamental shrubs in the garden . The crackling pea bush , as the plant is popularly calle


Caution - This popular decorative plant is poisonous

Created: 01/26/2022, 09:08

By: Janine Napirca

Snowberries against a black background © AGAMI/W.

Leurs/Imago

Do you like to decorate your home with real plants?

Special caution is required with snowberries.

Snowberry branches are not only attractive as

ornamental shrubs in the garden

.

The

crackling pea bush

, as the plant is popularly called because of the loud noise it makes when you throw the berries on the ground, also looks beautiful as a

decoration

in a vase.

For example, as an addition to a bouquet, but also

tied to a

wreath , snowberries are a real eye-catcher - especially in winter*.

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What do snowberries actually look like?

The snowberries are named after their appearance:

the berries, which originally come from North America, are

strikingly white and not just popular shrubs that act as hedges in the garden.

Firecracker bushes are also in great demand as nesting places for birds.

While the

branches are

densely leafy and arching

, the

dull green leaves

are more egg-like in shape.

Snowberry stems are short and the underside of the leaves is much lighter than the top.

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: Dried orange slices: With these three methods, the self-made decoration succeeds.

Snowberry

blossoms

are

bell-shaped and a

deep pink

from June to September

.

The berries, which are about the size of peas, appear between July and October and remain until winter.

Eaten by birds and excreted again, firecrackers spread quite successfully, because there are two seeds in each individual snowberry.

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Caution poisonous - snowberries must not be eaten

Even if snowberries are a beautiful eye-catcher - both in the garden and in the apartment: you should never eat the white berries of the firecracker bush.

Because

snowberries are poisonous to humans

.

They can cause

diarrhea

and

nausea

.

In addition, the juice that escapes when you crush the berry with your hands can

irritate the skin

.

(jn) *Merkur.de is an offer from

IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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