Berberis x 'Charity'
Common name: charity mahonia, charity berberis
Family: Berberidaceae
Leaf: large compound leaf, evergreen, glossy, dark green, spiky and oblique leaflets, 5-20 pairs of leaflets per leaf (depending on age of the growth), leaves are arranged radially along the stem
Flowers: long, showy, yellow racemes- up to 10" long (grouped in shuttlecock clusters), hummingbirds love them, blooming late autumn to spring
Fruit: purple-black berries in summer-autumn
Height: up to 10'; Spread: up to 5'
Habit: hardy evergreen shrub Form: upright, mounded
Culture: Quite tolerant of a wide range of conditions, fairly hardy, and drought tolerant.Prefers well drained to moist soils, but not wet soils. Likes full sun to part shade. Keep in mind that if in full suns, Berberis can yellow if soils are too dry. Can prune in spring after flowering is complete, to maintain shape and to remove dead wood etc.- otherwise very little pruning needed. USDA zones 7-9
Uses: winter garden specimen, low maintenance garden, perennial bed- towards the back where the yellow flowers will be showy and visible.
Origin: Garden origin
Family: Berberidaceae
Leaf: large compound leaf, evergreen, glossy, dark green, spiky and oblique leaflets, 5-20 pairs of leaflets per leaf (depending on age of the growth), leaves are arranged radially along the stem
Flowers: long, showy, yellow racemes- up to 10" long (grouped in shuttlecock clusters), hummingbirds love them, blooming late autumn to spring
Fruit: purple-black berries in summer-autumn
Height: up to 10'; Spread: up to 5'
Habit: hardy evergreen shrub Form: upright, mounded
Culture: Quite tolerant of a wide range of conditions, fairly hardy, and drought tolerant.Prefers well drained to moist soils, but not wet soils. Likes full sun to part shade. Keep in mind that if in full suns, Berberis can yellow if soils are too dry. Can prune in spring after flowering is complete, to maintain shape and to remove dead wood etc.- otherwise very little pruning needed. USDA zones 7-9
Uses: winter garden specimen, low maintenance garden, perennial bed- towards the back where the yellow flowers will be showy and visible.
Origin: Garden origin
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