Berberis darwinii
Common name: Darwin's barberry
Family: Berberidaceae
Leaf: evergreen, small, oval-ish, 12-25mm long, 'duckfoot' shape, with 3 spines on the top half of the leaf, borne in clusters of 2-5 together, subtended by a three-branched spine that is 2-4 mm
Flowers: orange-yellow, 4-5mm long, produced on dense recedes that are 2-7 cm long, in spring.
Fruit: blue- black berry maturing
Habit: evergreen thorny shrub; Form: mounded, irregular shrub
Height: up to 9'; Spread: up to 11'
Culture: Hardy in USDA zones 7-9. Prefers a warm, moist, loamy soil in full sun to part shade. Has a good tolerance also of thin, dry, shallow soils once established. Also grows well in heavy, clay soils. Prefers soils leaning towards acidic. Hardy to -15 degrees C. Resistant to honey fungus.
Uses: border, erosion control, pest tolerant, hedge, en masse, seashore
Origin: Chile, Argentina
Fruit: blue- black berry maturing
Habit: evergreen thorny shrub; Form: mounded, irregular shrub
Height: up to 9'; Spread: up to 11'
Culture: Hardy in USDA zones 7-9. Prefers a warm, moist, loamy soil in full sun to part shade. Has a good tolerance also of thin, dry, shallow soils once established. Also grows well in heavy, clay soils. Prefers soils leaning towards acidic. Hardy to -15 degrees C. Resistant to honey fungus.
Uses: border, erosion control, pest tolerant, hedge, en masse, seashore
Origin: Chile, Argentina
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