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Add contrast to your garden landscape - plant a barberry shrub to enliven your green foliage. Unleash the wonders of the diverse and pretty colors of barberry shrubs. Choose from the different varieties of the Barberry Shrub to transform your garden's landscape into one which others will describe as breathtaking.
Varieties of Barberry Shrubs
Barberry shrubs are deciduous, naturally round, hardy and require little maintenance. The foliage of the Barberry Shrub is a tapestry of crimson, burgundy, deep purple, soft yellow bright gold, orange and different shades of green. The colors start to develop in spring and hold till autumn when its colors become bolder and more dazzling.
The Japanese barberry shrub variety has the most types of barberry and are the most often grown. Some of the more popular ones are the following:
Rose Glow
The name indicates the stunning pink-colored foliage of the Rose Glow Barberry Shrub, similar to the pink color of a rose. In the fall, the leaves transform to burgundy while in spring, clusters of tear-drop shaped yellow flowers dangle from its branches. From early to late fall, its brilliant red berries start to become abundant. The barberry shrub grows to a height of 3 to 6 feet and 4 to 7 feet in width.
Crimson Pygmy Barberry Shrub
The Crimson Pygmy Barberry Shrub is a darling of gardeners and landscape designers and is currently one of the most popular types of Japanese barberry shrub. The shrub's foliage is burgundy, turning bright red in fall. Clusters of small white flowers start to bloom in early April. In late fall, small bright red oval-shaped seed pods appear and remains on the shrub until winter. Each pod contains one seed in it. The shrub grows to a height of 2 to 3 feet high and about 3 to 4 feet wide.
The Crimson Pygmy Barberry Shrub is a dwarf barberry shrub - its height never exceeds 3 feet. Another dwarf barberry is the Golden Nugget barberry. There are many other types of Japanese barberry shrub such as the aurea barberry and the wintergreen. There are also non-Japanese varieties such as the redleaf barberry, the Golden Carousel barberry, the Helmond Pillar barberry, and the William Penn barberry.
Cultivation of Barberry Shrubs
The barberry shrub grows best in full sunlight; dry or moist soil conditions as long the soil drains well and there is no standing water. Watering should be done weekly even if the barberry shrub is generally drought-tolerant, and pest and diseases-resistant. Occasional light pruning helps keep the roundish shape of the barberry shrub. Animals such as deer and rabbits naturally keep away from the shrub because of its thorny stems.
The barberry creates a gorgeous backdrop for your evergreens, cypress or taller shrubs. It can be use as an accent plant, a groundcover, a hedge, a screen, or a natural fence. With the barberry shrub, think about pretty spring flowers, summer foliage of different colors, autumn berries and striking winter silhouettes - in your own garden.
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Author Bio Box: Patricia Wainwright
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