species
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Berberis thunbergii belongs to the family Berberidaceae, also known as Japanese barberry, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 2 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It flowers in April. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 2 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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