Berberis thunbergii | Japanese Barberry | Shrub
Berberis thunbergii belongs to the plant family BERBERIDACE and Genus Berberis This Shrub prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Berberis thunbergii does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Berberis thunbergii so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Berberis thunbergii Japanese barberry is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Berberis thunbergii | Japanese Barberry is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Berberis thunbergii can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -30 Fahrenheit. It does well in dry soils. Japanese barberry can survive for a while without water.
Berberis thunbergii will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Berberis thunbergii is a woody perennial. Japanese barberry is deciduous in nature.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 7' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
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"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.