Redleaf Japanese Barberry
These adaptable spiny-stemmed plants require minimum maintenance and can tolerate climate and soil extremes making attractive and practical hedges, barrier shrubs, and specimen plants. Dense branches are clothed in showy purple-red foliage all season long turning deep amber in fall. Best color when planted in full sun.
Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea'
Fruit Characteristics
Fruit type : Berries
Fruit season : Fall-Winter
Fruit color : Bright red
Fruit shape : Beadlike
Leaf Characteristics
Leaf length : 1/2-1 1/2"
Leaf shape : Obovate
Leaf color : Purple-red to deep amber
Flower Characteristics
Flower notes : Inconspicuous.
Flower shape : Cup-shaped
Flower color : Yellow
Plant Anatomy
Foliage growth cycle : Deciduous
Average size maturity width : 4-6 ft.
Average size maturity height : 4 ft.
Cultural Information
USDA Zone : -20 to -15 F( Z5a)
Sunset zone : 2b-24
Water requirements : Regular
Light exposure : Partial Sun
Landscape Attributes
Attractive bark :Yes