Description
Berberis thunbergii ‘Helmond Pillar’
deciduous
comes in 3 gallon pots
B. thunbergii – Japanese Barberry – Thunberg Barberry – This dense, low growing, rounded, deciduous shrub from Japan grows 3-5′ feet tall and 8′ feet wide. It’s spines are not particularly fierce. It produces rounded, smooth edged leaves, to 1 1/4″ long, fresh green above and bluish green beneath, turning orange and red in autumn. In mid spring it bears umbel like racemes of 2-5 bell shaped, rarely solitary, red tinged, pale yellow flowers, ½” long, followed in late summer into autumn by ellipsoid, glossy red fruit, to 3/8″ long. Excellent for hedging and urban condition and is the most widely grown.
‘Helmond Pillar’ – grows at least 5′ feet tall and 2′ feet wide and is narrowly upright and has dark red-purple foliage
Grow in almost any well drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Fruiting and autumn color are better in sun. Trim after flowering.
zones 5-8
