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Crimson Pygmy |
Red Japanese |
Rosy Glow |
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Mentor |
| Berberis Berberidaceae Barberry | ||||||||||||
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| Description: Berberis, often refereed to as barberry, is a very large genus
of shrubs about 500 species and has as many cultivars and hybrids. Barberries vary from
quite large shrubs to rock garden size dwarfs varieties, but the majority of them are of
medium size. 'Crimson Pygmy' A fine purple foliage mounding dwarf. Makes a wonderful 2' tall hedge 'Red Japanese' Very red foliage and red berries. 5-6' 'Rose Glow' Unusual rosy pink young leaves with deep reddish purple patches. 3-5' Golden Nugget, William Pen, Mentor, Golden, Kobold |
| Flower: .Flowers spring and early summer followed in autumn by small berries |
| Foliage: the leaves of some species or holly-like, in others, lance-like and often very small |
| Misc. info: very thorny, most are deciduous, birds usually don't like the berries and therefore berries remain on through most of the winter |
Height: 2- 9' |
Spread: 2 - 10' |
Zone: 4-7 |
| Site: Ordinary soil sunny to lightly shaded sight |
