Caution - This popular decorative plant is poisonous
Created: 01/26/2022, 09:08
By: Janine Napirca
Snowberries against a black background © AGAMI/W.
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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
.
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