Darwin Barberry

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Darwin Barberry

Berberis darwinii

Evergreen-Deciduous

Evergreen

Overall Mature Size

Medium

Mature Height & Spread

5-10' x 4-7'

Exposure

Full Sun to Partial Shade

Water

Medium Water

Flower Color

Gold

Bloom Time

Spring, Summer

Special Features

Attracts Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Deer Resistant, Hedge, Screen

Natural Growth Habit

Irregular

Sunset Garden Zones

5-9, 14-24

Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone

7A

Plant Type

Shrub

Category:

Common names include Darwin’s Barberry and (Argentinean-Chilean Spanish) Michay. An evergreen thorny shrub growing to 3–4 m tall with dense branches from ground level. The leaves are small oval 12–25 mm long and 5–12 mm broad with a spiny margin; they are borne in clusters of 2–5 together subtended by a three-branched spine 2–4 mm long. The flowers are orange 4–5 mm long produced in dense racemes 2–7 cm long in spring. The fruit is a small purple-black berry 4–7 mm diameter ripening in summer.

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