Botanical Name: Berberis t. var. atropurpurea 'Golden Ri
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Common Name: Golden Ring Barberry  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Red, Yellow, Variegated

 

Bark Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Winter, Fall, Persistent

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

‘Golden Ring’ is a cultivar of red-leafed barberry, and is a rounded, moundy, deciduous shrub that grows about 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. Its reddish purple foliage emerges in spring. Each leaf develops a very thin golden margin (a golden ring), hence the cultivar name. Tiny, bell-shaped, pale yellow flowers bloom in March to April. Glossy, torpedo-shaped, bright red berries mature in fall and persist into winter. The berries are attractive to birds. New wood is a lovely purplish-red. Nice accent in shrub or perennial border, or at foundations.