Berberis X Mentorensis Fall Color

The stems are usually three spined and thorny.

Berberis x mentorensis fall color. Flowers are attractive but not as ornamental as some other barberries. Autumn color is red orange. This plant holds leaves into late fall. 5 7 feet mature width. The small leaves will turn red to yellow orange red in fall and the naturally mounded form of mentor barberry is maintained without pruning. Autumn color is more brilliant in the northern. Leaves are leathery and turn bright orange or red in the fall.

A compact shrub with big appeal this fast grower will add color where contrast is the main feature all season long. Mentor barberry the mentor barberry species berberis x mentorensis loses its leaves in cooler regions and can be semi evergreen in warmer climates. Features small yellow flowers in clusters in spring. Small yellow flowers in clusters in spring. Spring flowers are small and this species produces no winter fruit. Autumn color is red orange. Foliage develops good yellow orange red fall color in colder areas of its growing range.

Tiny pale yellow flowers 1 2 long either solitary or in pairs appear in april may in short racemes along the stems. 5 8 mature height. This plant has alternate simple leathery and dark green leaves that are 1 2 inches long. The small yellow flowers are not quite as showy as other barberries and the dull dark red berries are rarely formed. This is a deciduous shrub but will hold onto some of its leaves extending the season even longer. Alternate elliptical leaves with no petiole and sparse spines along the margins emerges chartruese transitions to dark green or blue green and often ends up as a marginally effective green wine late fall color being semi evergreen in mild winters.