Barberry Red Berberis thunbergii is a dense, rounded, thorny shrub with red leaves and bright red berries. Barberry Red is used as a hedge, barrier or in groupings.
The Barberry Red bush or RedLeaf Japanese bush, Berberis thunbergii, is a deciduous shrub reaching up to 5 - 6 feet tall and about 4 - 5 feet wide. The Barberry Red branches are slender, spiny, and small, and the leaves are roundly oval in a deep red to purple color. The small, yellow flowers borne beneath leaves, from April to May, are not showy. Bright red berries can be found along stems from late fall through winter. Ironically, this is never really considered a feature of this plant.
Barberry Red bushes are best located in full sun. Barberry Red is tolerant of many types of soil, but will not do well in wet to very moist soils. As name Barberry implies, this makes an excellent hedge or filler shrub.
Barberry Red is easily transplanted as a bareroot plant and adapts to most planting conditions. As a hedge plant the Barberry Red 2 - 4 feet apart. Barberry Red has moderate water requirements and has a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils.
The Barberry Red is shipped as bareroot seedlings.
Each order receives 25 plants.
