Give sunny borders a colourful focal point with this vibrant Japanese Barberry. Coral-pink and orange leaves add a bright splash of colour, contrasting beautifully with the green foliage of other shrubs.
This hardy, deciduous shrub makes a superb colour contrast in mixed borders. Purple-pink foliage covers the upright red stems, producing a most attractive display in summer.
This colourful deciduous shrub will add a bright splash of pink foliage to your garden borders. Rounded leaves cloak its upright stems to form a neat, bushy plant. From late spring, this showy Barberry produces a host of tiny yellow flowers that attract pollinating insects to the garden.
Add a splash of colour to mixed borders ? even where space is in short supply! This Berberis Trio creates a fabulous focal point, offering plenty of seasonal interest. With columnar, upright habits and vibrant pink-purple foliage, these hardy deciduous Barberry shrubs make a showy feature.
An extremely versatile ornamental shrub that can be grown as an upright specimen plant or even trained as a hedge. Thanks to its prickly nature, it is the perfect choice for creating a secure property boundary. These plants require minimal maintenance or trimming and have an upright, columnar habit. Berberis 'Orange Rocket' is suitable for a range of soils and positions, especially difficult, exposed areas.
Planted in a line, Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Dart's Red Lady' , makes an attractive and very manageable low hedge, that is ideal for front gardens. It can also be planted as a lone specimen shrub, within a garden border.
Berberis buxifolia 'Nana' produces delicate yellow-orange flowers in spring, emitting a wonderful sweet fragrance that is attractive to bees. These blooms are held on graceful, gently arching branches which are thickly covered in small, dark green leaves. This exceptionally dwarf evergreen shrub then produces rounded, purple-blue berries in the autumn, attracting birds and adding further interest to your garden. Berberis buxifolia 'Nana' is the perfect choice for small gardens where it can be planted in patio containers or used a low evergreen hedge. Height and Spread: 60cm (24).
A gorgeous dwarf shrub, that is perfect for small gardens, Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Admiration' has fiery, deep red foliage, with yellow edges on the leaves, and produces small pale green flowers in spring, followed later in the year by red berries. Japanese Barberry is suitable for both borders or planters, and is very low maintenance, once planted. The Royal Horticultural Society has awarded this plant its Award of Garden Merit. Best planted in full sun or partial shade. Height: and Spread: 60cm (24).
A striking and colourful deciduous shrub. The rounded foliage of Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Sunrise' is intensely pink in spring, maturing to bright red with a delicate gold margin by summer.
Description for Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Red Rocket' not available
Also known as the Barberry, Berberis are attractive deciduous shrubs with spiney branches and small, oval leaves and are noted for their foliage colour. Berberis thunbergia atropurpurea, the Japanese Barberry, is a handsome variety. It grows well in borders or pots and makes an excellent low-growing hedge. Thriving in a sunny or partially shaded location, it has dense, deep purple foliage and matching stems. The rich, dark colouring provides a wonderful contrast to the green shades of surrounding plants and it will make their flowers stand out to stunning effect. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', during March and April, small bright yellow flowers emerge, attracting bees and butterflies. These are followed in late summer by glossy, bright red berries that are a rich source of food for birds. In autumn the foliage turns to intense bright red before falling. Berberis atropurpurea in completely hardy, drought tolerant and easy to grow and care for. Although it doesn't require much pruning, it can be trimmed after flowering in spring. It will also respond well to being clipped to shape for hedging or topiary. Supplied as an established plant in a 2 L pot, ready for planting, reaching a height and spread of 1.2 m (4ft).
Rarely available to UK gardeners, the Japanese Burberry 'Berber' is a gorgeous and versatile shrub that grows in a loose upright form and makes a perfect low-maintenance hedge or edging or can be added to a border or used as a specimen plant in a container. In this collection you will receive: Berberis 'Chocolate Summer' - Berberis 'Chocolate Summer' is an incredibly useful garden plant. Thriving in a sunny location, its deep burgundy-brown leaves are carried on vibrant red stems, a striking colour combination anywhere in your garden. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', during April and May, dainty bright yellow flowers emerge, attracting bees and butterflies. These are followed in late summer by small orange berries. Berberis 'Coral' - 'Coral' is a beautiful dwarf Berberis, a bright and colourful deciduous shrub with large, oval leaves and contrasting yellow-green stems. Preferring a sunny spot, 'Coral', has the most spectacular foliage, with incredibly bright red leaves that have a thin line of gold around their edges. Coral is also recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators'. Berberis 'Summer Sunset' - With its wonderfully bright foliage, Berberis 'Summer Sunset' will make a vibrant addition to your garden planting. A dwarf variety, this beautiful deciduous shrub is slow growing, with dense, intense golden yellow foliage that's tinged in deep orange when young and becomes more lime green as it ages. The bright colouring means that 'Summer Sunset' looks sensational planted in your mixed borders. Berberis are completely hardy, drought tolerant and easy to grow and care for. Although they don't require much pruning, they can be trimmed after flowering in spring. It will also respond well to being clipped to shape for hedging. Supplied as 3 x established plant in 9cm pots, ready to plant out.