 | | | Perennials for Sun or Part Shade: Barberry (Berberis)
Small red tinted yellow flowers in Spring are surprisingly popular with bees in particular, and in Autumn the foliage turns rusty-scarlet. It is an excellent berrying plant for birds in winter, along with cotoneaster and mahonia. Its spiny stems provide a good site for nests, and once made the native common shrub a popular hedging plant. Its roots give a yellow dye and its berries a medicinal syrup or jelly. All the Berberis varieties we sell have been awarded the RHS AGM.
Varieties:
darwinii: bright orange flowers (illustrated)
julianae: very typical, scented yellow flowers
thunbergii 'Atropurpurea': striking purple foliage
thunbergii 'Rose Glow': purple leaves start mottled silvery pink and bright rose
If we cannot find exactly the variety you would like in the nursery at the moment and we can find a very close alternative, we hope it is acceptable to supply it in lieu. Before we do so, however, we will ask you if you would be happy to accept a substitute.
Flowers: April - May
Soil type: Well drained
Supplier: Burncoose Nurseries
We donate half of our profit on sales of this product to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Please note: there is a minimum purchase of 3 of each variety and a minimum overall order size of £50.
Our nectar and pollen plants have been chosen in association with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, British Beekeepers’ Association and Butterfly Conservation, who benefit from any sales. Please also see our wildflower and grass seed mixes, which include a Bumblebee mix, Pollen and Nectar Mix and Butterfly and Moth Wildflower Mix. We sell a number of plants in this section which provide important late and early nectar and pollen, for which also see our bulbs and non-native trees.
For butterflies, although you will find some nectar plants in this section which are also food plants for caterpillars, you will find many more in wildflower plugs, wildflower seeds, and native trees and shrubs.
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