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Other
yellow-green cultivars include:
'Bonanza Gold', similar, but smaller
'Golden Nugget', yellow-golden foliage, orangish
in fall
'Sunsation', has yellow-golden foliage with an
orange cast most of the season |
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Extra
notes and interesting information:
A
wonderful compact variety of berberis with
bright, golden-yellow spring foliage, turning pretty
shades of orange-red in autumn. This deciduous shrub is
excellent for illuminating dull spots. It’s a great
specimen for a well-drained border in partial shade,
since the delicate foliage can scorch in the midday sun.
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References:
Brenzel, Kathleen Norris, Ed. 2001. Sunset Western Garden Book.
Sunset Publishing Corporation, Menlo Park, CA.
Dirr, Michael A., Fourth Edition. Manual of Woody Landscape
Plants. Stipes Publishing Company, Champaign, Illinois |
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at
a glance:
Common Name:
Golden Japanese Barberry
Plant type:
Deciduous shrub
Family:
Berberidaceae
Height/Spread:
Graceful habit with
slender, arching, spiny branches to 2
½
- 3 ft. tall and wide
Leaves:
½ - 1 ½ inch long bright golden yellow foliage
Flowers:
Perfect, yellow, ½” across; not
showy for individual flowers are small and borne under the foliage.
Fruit:
Beadlike bright red berries stud branches in fall and through winter.
Bloom Period:
April, May
Diseases/pests:
Usually
barberries are little troubled under ordinary landscape conditions.
Conditions:
Tolerates climate
and soil extremes; best color in full sun (though it can’t take it in
hottest climates), but plant will tolerate light shade
Natural Range:
Japan
Hardiness:
USDA Zones 4-8
Location:
Waterwise
Garden; Perennial Border |
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