Ep. 296 - Expanding Your Barberry Horizon
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we do a deep dive into the barberry family, Berberidaceae, with environmentalist, author, and garden designer Lyndon Penner. Many of us will be familiar with the Mahonias or the prickly barberry shrubs, but they overshadow some of the more interesting members of this clade. Join us as we talk about the wonderful diversity of woodland herbs and wax poetic about all the inspiration they can bring you both in the wild and in the garden. Lyndon's intoxicating passion for plants will take you on a journey of discovery within this incredible family. This podcast was produced in part by John, Ashley, Peter, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Grif, Jules, Joan, Les, Marabeth, Ali, Margaret, Southside Plants, Robert, Keiko, Bryce, Brittany, Helen, Amanda, Mikey, Rhiannon, Michelle, Kate, German, Joerg, Alejandra, Cathy, Jordan, Judy, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Dana, Chloe, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Vaibhav, Kendall, Christina, Brett, Jocelyn, Kathleen, Ethan, Kaylee, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Donica, Chris, Shamora, Alana, Laura, Alice, Sarah, Rachel, Joanna, Griff, Philip, Paul, Matthew, Clark, Bobby, Kate, Steven, Brittney, McMansion Hell, Joey, Catherine, Brandon, Hall, Vegreville Creek and Wetlands Fund, Kevin, Oliver, John, Johansson, Christina, Jared, Hannah, Katy Pye, Brandon, Gwen, Carly, Stephen, Botanical Tours, Moonwort Studios, Liba, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, doeg, Clifton, Stephanie, Benjamin, Eli, Rachael, Plant By Design, Philip, Brent, Ron, Tim, Homestead Brooklyn, Brodie, Kevin, Sophia, Mark, Rens, Bendix, Irene, Holly, Caitlin, Manuel, Jennifer, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:33.0 | What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week? |
| 0:38.0 | Today's episode is great. We welcome environmentalist, author, and garden designer, Lyndon |
| 0:43.0 | Penner, back to the podcast. You might remember Lyndon from episode 270, where we talked about |
| 0:47.8 | his experiences with short-season gardening predominantly centered around Canada's wonderful native |
| 0:53.1 | plant species. |
| 0:58.5 | Well, today he's back on the End Defense of Plants podcast to talk about a really cool plant family that I really haven't given much attention to, and that's a shame. |
| 1:02.1 | So today's episode focuses on the Barbary family, Berber Adaceae, and you're probably |
| 1:07.3 | most familiar with this group because of the genus Mahonia, which has been lumped back in with Berberus, |
| 1:12.3 | and in particular many of the invasive spiny Berberus shrubs that are spreading across temperate regions around the globe. |
| 1:19.0 | And though these are interesting groups to look at, there are plenty of other genera and species within the Barbary family that are well worth our attention, |
| 1:26.5 | many of which are beautiful |
| 1:27.7 | natives that do well in shaded situations. So today we're taking a deep dive on some of our |
| 1:32.4 | favorite genera to uncover just the wonders of the Barbary family. I really love these taxon |
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