Berberis Darwinii Plant Nana

The shiny small holly like leaves of berberis darwinii nana are smothered in orange yellow bell shaped flowers in spring and early summer and are followed by edible purple berries in autumn.

Berberis darwinii plant nana. Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. Long shoots which form the structure of the plant and short shoots only 1 2 mm 0 039 0 079 in long. The genus berberis has dimorphic shoots. Darwinii is a dense medium sized evergreen shrub with dark glossy green broadly oblong sparsely spined leaves and drooping racemes of rich orange flowers tinged red in bud followed by blue black berries plant range chile patagonia. Berberis darwinii nana commonly known as barberry is a compact evergreen flowering shrub of upright habit. It s perfect for growing in a mixed or shrub border and makes a good low hedge. The leaves on long shoots are non photosynthetic developed into one to three or more spines 3 30 mm 0 12 1 18 in long.

It can be pruned to shape after flowering if necessary. Its small spiny dark green holly like leaves are often tinged red when young. Often known as barberry bushes berberis is a popular hedging plant producing small attractive yellow or orange flowers in spring followed by berries that last well into winter. Berberis darwinii compacta darwin s barberry compacta will reach a height of 0 9m and a spread of 0 9m after 10 20 years. Berberis darwinii compacta is a compact berberis bearing small red bronze leaves which mature to green and rich golden yellow flowers followed by edible blue berries. It grows with a upward and outward fountain like habit and spreads vegetatively underground to form large thorny thickets. Berberis darwinii nana is quick growing with a neat rounded habit that requires virtually no maintenance once established.

Berberis darwinni is a broadleaf evergreen shrub more commonly known as darwin barberry. Berberis buxifolia nana is a slow growing small shrub withclusters of small pale yellow flowers that appear in spring.