60 Berberis Wilsonii

If you re researching the plant online it is important that you also search for a misspelling of the scientific name berberis wilsonii a common error which had creeped into the wikipedia article on berberis though i ve now corrected it.

Berberis wilsonii. The little yellow flowers are very pretty and they are followed by dark blue edible fruit that is kind of lemony tasting which makes it a great lemon juice substitute. Sun to part shade any soil even clay dry to moist undemanding z6. Bright yellow blooms in may followed by coral berries fading to blue black that are edible. Giraldii camellia amplexicoulis camellia minutiflora camellia j. Berberis thunbergii are deciduous drop their leaves in winter shrubs which provide not only highly coloured leaves in autumn but often berries which last well into winter. This is berberis wilsonii. These seeds are from berberis trigona also known as orange king.

Berberis wilsoniae is an evergreen shrub growing to 1 m 3ft 3in by 2 m 6ft. Wilsonae is a dense compact mound forming semi evergreen very spiny shrub with arching branches. This shrub likes to live in full sun to partial shade and is fairly deer resistant. Eric also has a photograph of the flowers on flickr. It is hardy to zone uk 6. Create a natural hedge or privacy fence by planting barberry plants in a row. Growing up to 12 feet tall the yellow and orange blossoms are on display from the middle of spring until the middle of summer.

The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by insects. Tall evergreen varieties such as the. Light yellow flowers are followed by edible fruits acid and lemony good lemon substitute. Calla black callicarpa bodinieri var. A good bee plant supplying nectar and pollen to honey and bumble bees in summer. Barberry is a dense thorny plant and creates an almost impenetrable barrier. A dense spiny shrub to 1 m 3 ft high from w china.

A pretty albeit prickly gem of a shrub with arching branches 3 4 high to 6 wide clothed in spiny steely blue foliage that is seasonally fall and spring suffused with plum yum deer wont eat it. It is in leaf all year in flower from june to july. Family berberidaceae genus berberis can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with spiny shoots bearing simple often spine toothed leaves and small yellow or orange flowers in axillary clusters or racemes followed by small berries details b. Growing up to 6 feet high at most this shrub flowers in the summer and likes to live in full sun. Plant it where you dont have to prune it.