Botanical Name: Berberis thunbergii 'Gentry'
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Common Name: Royal Burgundy Barberry  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Red

 

Bark Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Winter, Fall, Persistent

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Tina Olsen Binegar
  • Description

  • Notes

This is a Japanese barberry cultivar that is a selection of 'Crimson Pygmy' chosed for its deeper red, nearly velvety color which holds well in the heat of the summer. Fall color is a deep, nearly black red. It has a dense, mounding form and grows about 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Yellow spring flowers are followed by shiny red, torpedo-shaped berries that ripen in fall and persist into winter; enjoyed by birds. Use this little barberry in the perennial border, or near the fron of the shrub or foundation border. It would also be a great color and textural contrast to larger ornamental grasses.