Tunberg barberry red rocket planting and care in the open field

16.12.2017

Among other barberries of Thunberg, "Red Rocket" stands out mainly for its tallness and columnar shape. It is not very well known in Russia: “Red Rocket” seedlings are offered only by single nurseries, and these seedlings are quite expensive.

Characteristics

Height: up to 200 cm Diameter: up to 120 cm Leaves: relatively large, rounded, color from orange-red to dark purple Flowers: small, yellow Fruits: small elongated bright red berries Flowering: end of May-June Poisonous: no Honey plant: yes, attracts bees Synonyms: "Red rocket"

Description

Tall and fast growing variety of Thunberg barberry. The height of the plant, according to some sources, can reach 300 cm, but more authoritative sources indicate a height of up to 200 cm.The diameter of the bush usually does not exceed 100 cm in diameter, but it can be larger if the bush is not cut off.

Shoots are vertical and close to vertical. They are long, thin, with little branching. Young plants are columnar. The bark of non-lignified shoots is reddish-brown, lignified shoots are of the usual brown color.

The leaves of the barberry "Red Rocket" are relatively large, up to 2.5 cm long, round or ovoid. The color of the leaf depends on the illumination of the area and can be reddish-green, orange-red or dark purple with green tints.

Flowering usually occurs in late May or early June. The flowers are small, yellow, typical of the Thunberg barberry.

Use in landscape design

The tall "Red Rocket" can be used in woody-shrub compositions or as tapeworms. It is suitable for creating hedges, which can be formed from columnar barberries with different leaf colors - Erecta, Hellmond Pillar, Orange Rocket, etc.

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Where can I buy?

At the moment, there is not a single company in our database that offers the Thunberg barberry "Red Rocket". Order placement.

Planting and leaving

Soils: light, highly fertile, with neutral acidity are preferred, but barberry can grow on poor sandy or stony soils. Moisture: Moderate moisture is preferred. Barberry tolerates drought well, but can die due to stagnant moisture in the soil. Illumination: well-lit areas are preferred. "Red Rocket" can grow in the shade, but its leaves turn green. Winter hardiness: USDA-zone 4A and further south. The plant winters well in the Moscow region and most regions of Russia.

Usually, the Thunberg barberry is planted in the beginning or middle of spring, but the plants purchased in containers can be transferred until autumn and even left without transplanting for the winter.

Care is very simple: it is necessary to water the barberry only with very prolonged droughts, you can feed it once every couple of years. Diseases and pests rarely become a serious problem. Of the obligatory measures, only pruning should be noted: in the spring, before the leaves bloom, it is necessary to remove frozen and dried shoots, as well as shoots that strongly deviate from the vertical and "collapse" the bush.

Reviews

There are few reviews about the Red Rocket barberry Thunberg, but they are:

• Leningrad Region: grown to 140 cm, growing slowly;
• Moscow: I like it very much. Not all leaves are red, greenish at the bottom, but the bush is very beautiful.

That's all. If you have also grown or are growing Red Rocket barberry, please leave your feedback in the comments to the article. He will help other readers of Usadba.

   

Everyone loves flowering trees and shrubs, but most plants only flower for a few days or a week. When planning a garden, it is difficult to choose green spaces so that something always blooms. Most of these trees need extra care in order to actively develop and bear fruit abundantly. This is why gardeners are increasingly turning to plants with colorful foliage, and breeders are creating new hybrids to help them. Shrubs with colored leaves are able to decorate the garden for several months.

Barberry is an unpretentious shrub

Barberry is an interesting and useful group of shrubs that are often grown in gardens because of their attractive leaf coloration. Flowers and fruits have added to their popularity, as well as endurance, versatility and usefulness. Barberry can be grown in very different conditions, even in pots and containers, so it is not necessary to have a garden to enjoy on a terrace, patio or balcony. Oriental lovers use barberry to create bonsai trees.

Types of barberry

Shrubs belong to the barberry family, which has about 450 different species. These plants are native to many countries around the world, with the exception of Australia. Most of the species are found in South America, Africa and Asia, but only a few are grown in gardens. Barberry is a group of plants, most of which share common traits. They are all shrubs, not trees, and are quite small in size: about 1 to 4.5 m in height. In areas with a cold climate, barberries lose their leaves in winter, but in warm countries there are many evergreens. The shrub has long branches, and the leaves are gathered in bunches. Shoots are covered with thorns.

Common barberry

There is a wild European species of barberry - common barberry. It is widespread in nature, but is not grown in gardens and is even banned in countries such as Canada. This species can infect wheat crops with fungal diseases that can destroy crops and deprive farmers of their livelihoods. For this reason, most garden forms are derived from Japanese barberries.

Japanese barberry

Wild Japanese barberry has green leaves and was first grown for the flowers and berries that were used for conservation. The fruits of the bush gave the dishes a sourness, which was previously achieved only with the help of lemon zest. In 1913, a species with purple leaves was discovered in French Orleans, in the Reno nursery.

Wild barberry is especially susceptible to diseases such as root rot, verticillium wilting, rust, and mosaic virus. Verticillium wilting can be caused by the presence of Verticillium fungi in the soil. This fungus is always present in the soil, and often the carrier of the infection does not show any signs of infection. Rust is a fungal disease that manifests itself as mottling or yellowing of leaves and causes premature dropping, curling and wilting of green parts of plants. Fungicides are used to fight the disease.Root rot is one of the main causes of crop loss: it can kill the plant, slow down or stop its growth.

Danger of spreading wild barberry

In recent years, there has been concern over the spread of wild barberry in some areas. Seeds are carried by birds, so plants can often be found in abandoned fields that grow along roads and ditches in natural forests. But hybrid varieties practically do not reproduce in this way, therefore they can only be purchased in nurseries. In this sense, barberries are safe for the environment; you should not be afraid to grow them on your plots.

Barberry Thunberg: a bright shrub for any garden

There are several attractive and hardy species that do not require much maintenance. Among these plants is the ornamental barberry. One of the most popular species is the Thunberg barberry, resistant to most diseases and capable of growing even on stony soils. This shrub comes from Asia, where it grows in mountainous areas. The peculiarity of the plant is its high decorative effect, a huge number of different varieties and an unusual crown shape.

Barberry Thunberg was named after the famous Swedish physician, botanist and explorer Karl Peter Thunberg. He discovered this bush while traveling in Japan. The plant can be found throughout Japan and China. In the wild, the leaves of the shrub are dark green in color. Breeders have bred varieties of garden varieties of barberry from yellow to purple.

Barberry in landscape design

Previously, it was believed that only flowers can add color to the design of the garden, but for no more than a couple of weeks, and the rest of the year they will be an uninteresting green bush. The modern garden designer, thanks to the painstaking work of breeders, has become available to many plants with interesting foliage: blue spruces, red Japanese maples and different shades of barberry. Using these plants, you can paint your site in different colors for the entire season.

By mixing red, orange or yellow barberry with green, lime, silver or gold shrubs, unusual color combinations can be obtained. Rounded leaves and branches of the bush will contrast with summer grasses and trees with thin needles. For example, purple varieties will interestingly set off the snow-white caps of the tree hydrangea.

The compact species of this thorny shrub are great for creating hedges. He is able to endure the scorching heat, too drastic pruning and protect himself from small rodents, thanks to the sharp thorns on the stems. Some types of barberry have a columnar crown and can become a kind of bright screen against which other plants will look more spectacular.

Japanese barberry hybrids differ greatly in foliage color, therefore they are well suited for landscape compositions. For example, the Pink Glow variety has a deep pink-red crown, the Sunstains are covered with golden leaves with orange specks for most of the season, and Helmond Pillar is maroon, almost brown.

Features of barberry Red rocket

Barberry Red Rocket is one of the brightest representatives of the species, thanks to the unusual orange-red color of the foliage. It is a shrub that reaches 1.5-2 meters in height and only 50 cm in diameter, so this plant is ideal for a small garden area or for group planting.

Decorative barberry of this variety has a number of advantages over other shrubs:

• undemanding to growing conditions;
• frost-resistant;
• drought-resistant;
• looks beautiful in winter, especially next to conifers;
• the leaves retain their festive look for many months, not just in the fall.

In the spring and summer, the foliage of the Thunberg Red Rocket barberry is colored purple, and in the fall the crown transforms and turns into the most incredible shades of bright ruby ​​red. Before falling off for the winter, the foliage begins to fade, fading to a light green hue.

The shrub blooms with small yellow bells, then red berries ripen in their place, which can be collected and harvested for the winter. This is a winter-hardy plant, it can withstand temperatures down to -30 degrees, therefore it can grow in almost any climatic zone, except for the hottest places. Barberry Thunberg Red Rocket is a very ornamental shrub. The gardeners' reviews about him are very positive - he transforms the garden with his bright foliage.

Planting and caring for barberry Red Rocket

The optimal place for planting this barberry is well-lit by the sun. It grows in partial shade, but the color of the leaves will no longer be so saturated. The shrub is undemanding to the composition of the soil, but does not tolerate excessive waterlogging of the root system, therefore, areas should be chosen for it where groundwater does not come too close to the surface. Water it abundantly only in the first two years after planting, and then moisten it only during the driest periods. Judging by the reviews of the Thunberg Red Rocket barberry, it perfectly tolerates hot days and does not suffer even with prolonged drought.

The plant is resistant to most pests and diseases. The Red Rocket barberry is covered with sharp thorns and is not eaten by animals. Thanks to this, it is useful to plant shrubs along fences and under windows to protect property from uninvited guests. This interesting plant looks good in rock gardens, contrasting with gray boulders. Barberry Red Rocket is one of the easiest species to care for among ornamental shrubs.

Decorative properties

Even in winter, the reddish twigs of the Red Rocket barberry refresh the landscape with their soft color, especially against the background of freshly fallen snow. It contrasts with plants with yellow foliage and flowers. Barberry Red Rocket can be used in any garden area to shade other shrubs. It lends itself well to pruning, therefore it is suitable for creating a green fence. It is best to shorten the branches in the spring, when young foliage has not yet appeared, and the frost is already behind. Pruning stimulates the emergence of new shoots and makes the shrub more branchy.

Barberry grows quickly in height, but not in width, therefore it fits well into small gardens where there is little room for large plants. It has erect stems with clusters of small, smooth leaves along them. Young shoots have a reddish tint, and as they mature, they begin to become covered with brownish bark. After ripening, the berries acquire a reddish tint and add attractiveness to the bush when the foliage falls off.

The price of barberry Red Rocket depends on the size of the plant. Young seedlings are inexpensive (from 300 to 500 rubles), for large specimens you will have to pay more.

Barberry Thunberg from the position of planting a shrub in its own garden is a very unpretentious and grateful plant to care for: barberry is not afraid of summer heat and drought, tolerates winter well, grows on poor soils. It can serve as a decorative live thorny hedge from uninvited guests. Homemade preparations are made from berries: jam, marshmallow, compote, marinade, liqueurs.

Varieties and varieties of Thunberg barberry

Of the entire family of barberries, the Thunberg species stands out for many advantages. Firstly, its high decorative effect, and secondly, this species is resistant to powdery mildew and rust. Gas and smoke resistant, tolerates shaping haircut well. No other barberry has such a variety of varieties. All of them differ in the shape and size of the crown, the color of the leaf plate and the growth rate, as can be seen in the photo.

• Atropurpurea Nana is the most popular purple-leaved dwarf variety.

Variety Atropurpurea Nana

• Red Pilar - has a columnar crown shape. Its reddish-purple foliage turns scarlet by the end of the growing season.

Red Pilar variety

• Golden Ring - the leaf plate of this variety has a coral color with a golden border around the edges. Reaches 3 m in height.

Golden Ring variety

• Aurea - reaches 1.5 m, leaves are golden or yellow.

Aurea variety

• Kobold is a dwarf variety with green leaves. The crown has the shape of a ball. Can replace boxwood. Requires shelter for the winter.

Kobold variety

• Green Carpet - the height of the bush reaches 50 cm. The foliage is green in summer and red in autumn.

Green Carpet variety

• Kornik - this variety of 1.5 m in height goes well with roses and conifers. The leaves are green in summer with white spots, and in autumn the green color turns red.

Kornik variety

High varieties, thanks to the thorns, form impassable hedges in the form of ribbons of different lengths. Looks great as a curb, can replace boxwood in cold regions. Suitable for creating a rocky garden and strengthening slopes. Low varieties go well with conifers and perennial flowers.

Landing

Barberry is undemanding to the place of growth. It can grow well in open areas and in partial shade. However, varieties with purple leaves in the shade may lose their decorative effect.

Barberry prefers to grow on soils with neutral acidity; wood ash or lime must be added to the soil with high acidity. The most important thing for barberry is the absence of moisture stagnation.

Barberry is planted in early spring, before bud break. If the bushes will be planted singly, then the distance between them should be from 1.5 to 2 meters. A planting hole for one plant is about 50 x 50 cm and a depth of 35 cm. When laying a hedge, two seedlings are planted per meter. It is better to dig a trench for planting a hedge. To improve the respiration of the root ball, the bottom is sprinkled with sand and the hole is covered with nutritious soil with the addition of humus and wood ash. Watering and compacting the earth.

Correct planting is a guarantee of the correct development of the plant

The trunk circle is mulched with humus, foliage or any organic material. In order for the plant to take root well, the aerial part is cut off, leaving 3 - 5 buds. Watering the barberry is necessary at planting and every 10 days until the seedling is accepted.

Barberry seedlings purchased in a container can be planted at any time, except for winter - they take root well, since the root system is not injured.

Advice. Use only fully ripe barberry berries, unripe berries can be poisonous.

Fertilization and feeding

In the first year after planting, you do not need to make any additional fertilizers, the barberry will have enough of those introduced into the planting pit. The next year, in early spring, feed the shrub with a urea solution or any fertilizer with an increased dose of nitrogen. Then fertilized every 4 years:

• in spring - nitrogenous;
• in the fall - phosphorus and potash.

Reproduction of barberry

Barberry is propagated by different methods: seeds, cuttings, layering and dividing the bush. Each of these methods is convenient in its own way, choose the most suitable one.

Barberry seeds

Reproduction by seeds. Select ripe berries, separate the seeds from the pulp, disinfect them in a weak solution of potassium permanganate and dry. Seeds are sown in a school to a depth of 1 cm. In spring, young shoots are thinned so that a distance of about 3 cm remains between the shoots. Two-year-old seedlings are planted in a permanent place. After a couple of years, young bushes will give the first berries. In order to sow seeds in the spring, they must be stratified for a long time at a temperature of 2 to 5 degrees.

Propagation by cuttings... For this method, you will need a greenhouse or a school. Cuttings are harvested in June.It is better to do this in the early morning, before the onset of the heat. The leaves are removed from the cuttings, leaving only on the crown, shortened by half. Put the cuttings in a bucket of root solution for several hours to stimulate root formation. Cuttings are planted in a school in fertile moist soil. The first two weeks carefully monitor the soil moisture and timely ventilation. As with the first method, cuttings are planted in a permanent place after two years.

Adult bushes are easily propagated by layering

Reproduction by layering. In early spring, select the strongest shoot, place it in an earthen groove and pin. The end of the escape must be above the ground. The part that you will drip in can be slightly scratched for faster root formation. In the fall, the finished seedling can be transplanted to a permanent place.

By dividing the bush mainly low-growing varieties of Thunberg barberry are propagated. For this, bushes of 3 - 5 years old are chosen, which branch out from ground level. In early spring, the bush is completely dug up and divided with a saw. Try to injure the root system as little as possible. Treat the sections with a weak solution of manganese or sprinkle with charcoal. Plant the delenki.

Advice. Barberries bear fruit only with cross-pollination. Plant at least two varieties per site.

Agrotechnics and care for barberry

Barberry needs watering only during severe drought in the first years of life. In the future, a strong root system itself is able to provide the plant with water. Watering is carried out under the root with warm water.

Most varieties of Thunberg barberry do not need pruning. Usually this is only sanitary pruning of frozen and thickening shoots, as well as excess growth. Varieties with a loose crown are formed by shortening the protruding shoots. Low-growing varieties do not need to be trimmed at all. To create a hedge, barberry is cut in June and a second time in August.

To give a decorative shape, barberry can be cut

Barberry tolerates frosts very well down to -35 degrees, but in the first winters it is better to cover young bushes with spruce branches or dry leaves for the winter, especially varieties with an evergreen crown.

Advice. The berries of most varieties of Thunberg barberry contain alkaloids, therefore they are bitter and not eaten. But birds willingly eat berries in winter.

Diseases and pests

One of the most dangerous pests of barberry is barberry aphid. The affected leaves of the plant shrivel and dry out. The insect can be seen on the underside of the leaf, the body of the pest is reddish-yellow in color. An increase in the insect colony harms the plant: the leaves curl and fall off, the shoots do not lay flower buds of the next year and are bent. In the spring, spray the barberry with a solution of laundry soap or tobacco infusion.

The flower moth feeds on the fruits of the barberry. Treatment with fufanon or decis will help here.

Fungal diseases are much more dangerous for plant health. It is more difficult to deal with them, and barberry is affected by them more often than by insects.

1. Powdery mildew. This disease is caused by a unique fungus that specializes only in barberries. If you notice a whitish bloom on the shoots and leaves at the beginning of summer, this is the mycelium of the fungus, which will ripen by autumn, and will spread even more in spring. It is necessary to spray the plant with a preparation containing sulfur. The leaves are sprayed on both sides. The procedure is carried out twice: at the time of bud break and after flowering. In case of severe damage - additionally again in the fall, after harvest. Shoots that are badly damaged are best removed and burned.

   Powdery mildew

2. Leaf rust... Thunberg barberry is not affected by this fungus, unlike other barberries.
3. Leaf spot - fungal disease. Pathogen spots appear on the leaf plate, which weaken the barberry, the shoots lag behind in development and freeze in winter.Before and after flowering, the plant is sprayed with copper oxychloride.
4. Wilting barberry characterized by drying of the branches on one side of the shrub, then the whole plant dries out little by little. On the cut, you can see the brown vessels. The infection enters the plant through the roots.
5. Drying of shoots. The fungus infects the bark of the plant and the shoots dry out. This is not a vascular disease. Pruning affected branches in time can prevent further spread of the disease.

   Barberry aphid

6. Bacteriosis The pathogen from the genus Pseudomonas causes bacterial shoot cancer. Cracks and cancers appear. Bacteriosis does not appear on inflorescences and berries.

Advice. When working with chemicals, do not forget about your own safety and protection of the respiratory system, eyes and skin.

Planting Barberry Thunberg and caring for the shrub will not cause any trouble, but the aesthetic pleasure from its beauty in your garden will exceed all expectations.

Barberry Thunberg in landscape design: video

Barberry Thunberg: photo

A bright decoration of a summer cottage or garden plot will be barberry Thunberg... Below in the text, its advantages and disadvantages will be considered, and a description of the best varieties is given.

Table of contents

• Description of the variety
• Planting and caring for Thunberg barberry
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Most popular types: with red, yellow, green and orange foliage
  • Green-leaved varieties: Kobold, Maria, Erekta, Kornik, Green Carpet
  • Yellow-leaved: Aurea, Golden Rocket, Golden Carpet
  • Red-leaved: Atropurpurea, Bagatelle, Atropurpurea Nana, Red Chief, Red Carpet, Rose Glow, Admiration

Description of the variety

Barberry Thunberg is a deciduous shrub of the Barberry family up to 2 m high, originally from the Far East. In cultivated form, the plant can be found in almost all corners of our planet.

This type of barberry has small rounded or spatulate leaves, colored green, red or yellow, depending on the variety. Arcuate shoots are dotted with centimeter elastic spines, sparsely located.

Bush blooms at the end of May and blooms almost until the end of June... The corolla petals are yellow; the outside is slightly reddish. Small flowers have a single arrangement or are collected in small inflorescences of 3-5 pieces.

After the end of the flowering period, ovaries are formed, from which fruits develop - shiny red oblong berries. The crop ripens in autumn from September to October..

Berries of the Thunberg barberry can be called edible conditionally. They taste too specific and taste a little bitter.

Features of barberry Thunberg:

Planting and caring for Thunberg barberry

Baraaris Thunberg is unpretentious in leaving... Grows best in areas completely exposed to the sun, but can also tolerate light shade.

It is desirable to protect the plant from drafts and strong winds. The soil should be light, air and moisture permeable.

If there is heavy dense soil on the site where planting is planned, it is recommended to fill the planting pits with suitable soil, which you can independently prepare from sand, humus and sod land (1: 1: 2).

Except for a prolonged drought, barberry does not need watering... Occasionally, the soil around the bushes can be slightly loosened. Before winter, it is mulched, covered with a layer of compost, sawdust or bark.

Organic fertilizers are applied once a year in the spring... Pruning, also carried out in the spring, needs only bushes with a loose crown in order to form it and shoots frozen over the winter.

Barberry Thunberg - planting and care features:

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantage of the Thunberg barberry is its decorative effect. Crown shape, leaf color, compactness of the bush - barberry is simply created for use in landscape design.

It is used in the design of borders, alpine slides, hedges, it is good in combination with other plants, and as a single accent.

This is also facilitated by a huge variety of varieties, differing in density, height and crown color.

Thanks to a well-developed root system, the shrub is planted in order to strengthen the ravines, slopes, banks of irrigation systems.

In addition, this type of barberry is more resistant to the most common pests of this family - rust and powdery mildew.

The main disadvantage of the Thunberg barberry, like other representatives of this family, according to gardeners, is its prickly nature.

In this regard, work on caring for it (weeding from weeds, pruning shoots) and collecting fruits are a certain difficulty.

Most varieties of barberry are frost-resistant, but at very low temperatures, the tops of the shoots can freeze. This disadvantage is eliminated by spring pruning and the shrub quickly recovers.

The advantages of the plant are decorativeness, resistance to disease, frost

Most popular types: with red, yellow, green and orange foliage

Thunberg barberry is widely used as an ornamental plant, and you can find a variety for every taste and color on sale, of which the most popular are:

1. Green-leaved varieties - Kobold, Maria, Erekta, Kornik, Green Carpet.
2. Red-leaved - Atropurpurea, Atropurpurea Nana, Bagatelle, Red Chief, Red Carpet, Rose Glow, Admiration.
3. Yellow-leaved - Aurea, Golden Rocket, Golden Carpet.

There are also varieties with pink, orange and multi-colored leaves (variegated varieties). With the onset of autumn, the Thunberg barberry bushes turn red and orange in various shades.

Varieties of barberry with red and yellow leaves are best planted in open areas, well lit by the sun. In the shade, their leaves acquire a greenish tint and lose their decorative effect.

Green-leaved varieties: Kobold, Maria, Erekta, Kornik, Green Carpet

Shrubs with green leaves are most familiar to our eyes.

Kobold grade - dwarf shrub with a dense spherical crown 50 cm high and rich green foliage. It is unpretentious to soils, tolerates slight drought, the only requirement is good lighting.

Variety Maria has straight shoots up to 1.5 m high, blooms with yellow flowers with a sharp odor. The plant prefers light shade and well-drained soil, and has good winter hardiness.

Erecta variety - Columnar shrub up to 1.5 m high with a dense crown. The crown has a pale green color, becomes more spreading with age, but retains its density. When blooming, it throws out flowers with yellow petals on the inside and reddish on the outside. The crop remains on the branches for a long time.

Green-leaved varieties of Turberg barberry: Kobold, Maria, Erekta, Kornik, Green Carpet

Kornik variety has a dense crown and straight high (up to 2 m) shoots. The dark green leaves are adorned with fine marble veins. The crown branches strongly and unevenly. The shrub grows rapidly, adding up to 60 cm in height per year.

Green Carpet variety - sprawling shrub up to 1 m high with very dense green foliage. The branches are often directed not in height, but to the sides.

Flowering is almost imperceptible - small flowers have a dull green tint. This variety grows well in fertile, sufficiently moist soil and requires a lot of sun.

Yellow-leaved: Aurea, Golden Rocket, Golden Carpet

Yellow-leaved varieties of barberry in the landscape look good both in group plantings and single bushes, standing out with bright color spots.

Aurea variety - a shrub with a dense compact crown up to 1 m high. The yellow foliage has various shades from lemon to golden.

The plant requires diffused lighting, as it can burn in direct sunlight, and the leaves turn green in the shade. The variety is drought-resistant, tolerates slight frosts.

Golden Rocket variety - bright yellow columnar shrub up to 1.5 m high. The variety grows best on neutral soils in sunny or slightly shaded places.

The plant is frost-resistant, unpretentious in care and rarely exposed to diseases and pests.

Golden Carpet variety has a dense spreading creeping crown up to 1.5 m high. The plant is undemanding to soil, but needs good lighting and does not tolerate waterlogging.

Young shoots do not tolerate frost well, therefore, in the first 2-3 years of life, it is recommended to cover the bushes for the winter.

Yellow-leaved varieties of barberry: Aurea, Golden Rocket, Golden Carpet

Red-leaved: Atropurpurea, Bagatelle, Atropurpurea Nana, Red Chief, Red Carpet, Rose Glow, Admiration

Among all varieties of Thunberg barberry, red-leaved varieties stand out, the crowns of which have shades from pinkish-red to purple.

Variety Atropurpurea - a tall (up to 2 m) shrub with a dense spreading crown of a rich purple color.

The plant is not demanding on the soil, it is quite resistant to drought and frost, it likes good lighting. Upon reaching the age of 5-6 years, it is recommended to thin out the bushes in the spring.

Variety Atropurpurea Nana has a compact lush crown up to 60 cm high. The leaves are purple-red in color, sometimes with a brownish tint. The variety is drought and frost resistant, photophilous, not picky about soils.

Bagatelle variety - dwarf shrub up to 40 cm high. A very dense crown has a spherical shape and a rich dark purple color.

The plant prefers fertile, well-drained soil, has good winter hardiness.

Red-leaved varieties: Atropurpurea, Bagatelle, Atropurpurea Nana, Red Chief, Red Carpet, Rose Glow, Admiration

Red Chief variety - sprawling shrub up to 1.5 m high with dense purple foliage. The plant prefers well-lit or slightly shaded areas, it is undemanding to soils, it does not tolerate waterlogged soil well.

Red Carpet variety - dense shrub with straight shoots up to 1.5 m high and red leaves. The plant prefers good lighting, it is undemanding to soils.

Rose Glow variety has a spreading crown up to 1.5 m high with a pink-red crown. The leaves can be crimson with pink veins. The plant is frost and drought resistant, not demanding on the soil, likes good light, but tolerates light shade.

Grade Admiration - dwarf shrub up to 40 cm high with a spherical crown. The red leaves are decorated with a yellow rim along the edge.

For this variety, a light neutral soil is most preferable. The plant has good resistance to frost, pests and diseases.

All varieties tolerate pruning well; it is best to use varieties with a dense, dense crown to create shapes.

Thus, the unpretentiousness of the Thunberg barberry allows easy to grow even for an inexperienced gardener... It will be a great decoration for any personal plot.