23+ Red Barberry Winter

Tiny reddish flowers are canary yellow inside the petals in spring. During the winter months its bright red berries attract birds.

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Red barberry winter

No trimming is needed to maintain its neat dwarf habit making it a fine choice for a low maintenance mass planting low border or accent. Leaves are leathery and turn bright orange or red in the fall. It is recommended that you prune the shrubs after they have fruited during fall or winter.

Water regularly weekly or more often in extreme heat. And before the shrub loses its leaves in winter the color turns even brighter red. Most striking are the deep reddish purple inch long leaves.

They produce fruits or berries that create seedlings. Each bright red seed pod has one seed in it and will remain on the shrub throughout the winter giving it a very nice winter appearance as well. Watch out for the brittle three pronged thorns.

Interesting winter fruits are oval and bluish black in color. Some barberry species are considered semi evergreen retaining their leaves till late fall or mid winter. Those growing a dwarf crimson pygmy barberry will find that the berries hang onto the branches long after the leaves fall.

This special strain was developed from hardy japanese barberry grown in the mountains of japan. Red barberry shrubs grow 2 to 8 feet tall with 4 to 6 foot spread. Shiny deep red leaves cover this naturally dense globe shaped shrub.

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