| Description | A compact green Barberry with arching horizontal branches. |
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| Pronunciation | Ber-ber-is)(thun-Ber-jee-i) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | average to dry |
| Flowers | small yellow flowers with purple veins, in the early spring |
| Fruit | red berries |
| Leaves | Dark glossy green leaves during the growing season turning to reds and oranges in the fall. The stems are armed with thorns. |
| Stems | spines |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 3-4 feet high by 3-4 plus feet wide, arching horizontal branches |
| Maintenance | A combination of the dense foliage and the spiny stems make this plant a real garbage collector. Grabbing onto any piece of paper that blows through the yard. To avoid lots of punctures and scrapes, a good pair of gloves and a long sleeve shirt are required when cleaning this plant in the spring. Some pruning may be needed to maintain shape. If you like the flowers pruned after the blooming period |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Synnesvedt Nursery, Illinois (USA) |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants(Michael Dirr) |
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