Recently, gardeners have been paying attention to an interesting plant called Barberry Thunberg Concorde "Berberis thunbergii Concorde". The peculiarity of the shrub is that dense, purple-ford leaves grow on its branches, turning bright red in autumn.

Due to the color of the leaves, short stature and natural spherical shape, Berberis thunbergii 'Concorde' bushes are picturesque most of the year. Garden paths are decorated with Thunberg's barberry, they are also good in mixes with flowering and undersized coniferous plants. Barberry flowers are small, yellow. At the end of summer, dark red glossy fruits ripen on it.

Landing and care

The care of the plant is simple: since it grows very slowly, it only needs hygienic pruning before the first leaves bloom.

Bushes are planted in sunny places, providing it with moderate watering and loose fertile soil.

You can buy planting material in our online store. Here you will be offered complex fertilizers for feeding barberry. Usually, seedlings are sold at the end of winter and late autumn, but if you buy seedlings in containers, planting can be carried out throughout the growing season.

Barberry Thunberg (lat. Berberis thunbergii)- a species of the genus Barberry of the Barberry family, growing in nature in the Far East. This species also naturalized in North America and Europe. In culture, the Thunberg barberry is grown everywhere. The plant is valued primarily for its high decorative effect.

Planting and caring for Thunberg barberry (in brief)

• Bloom: in May.
• Landing: in the spring before the start of sap flow or in the fall, in October.
• Lighting: species with red and burgundy leaves need bright light, and plants with green foliage thrive well in partial shade.
• The soil: light, not marshy, deeply drained.
• Watering: only during periods of prolonged drought.
• Top dressing: organic ones are preferable: compost and humus are brought into the trunk circles in spring for digging, and in autumn the root zone is mulched with loose compost or peat.
• Pruning: there is no need for pruning, but sticking out of the crown, too long shoots can be shortened at any time. Sanitary pruning is best done in the spring, before the start of sap flow.
• Reproduction: seeds, dividing the bush, cuttings, layering and shoots.
• Pests: aphids and flower moths.
• Diseases: rust, powdery mildew, drying of shoots and leaf spot.

Read more about growing Thunberg barberry below.

Barberry Thunberg - description

Thunberg barberry is a deciduous shrub up to 2.5 m high, although in cultivation the height of Thunberg barberry rarely exceeds 1 m. The plant has arched ribbed branches, red-orange or bright red shoots that turn brown or dark brown over time.

The kidneys of this species are reddish, ovoid, about 5 mm long. The leaves are entire, rhombic-oval, spatulate or rounded, pointed or slightly rounded at the apex and wedge-shaped at the base. The leaves of the Thunberg barberry are located on petioles and reach a length of 2-3 cm, and a width of 1 cm. The upper side of the leaf plate is painted bright green, the lower side is gray-gray. Leaves turn yellow or bright red in autumn. The shoots and branches of the plant are equipped with a few thin and elastic spines up to 1 cm long.

Bright yellow, reddish outside bell-shaped flowers of barberry Thunberg, single or collected in bunches or short brushes of 2-5 pieces, reach a diameter of 1 cm. Flowering begins in May. Brilliant, ellipsoidal coral-red fruits, about 1 cm long, ripen in September or October.

Gardeners are attracted by the natural shape of the crown of the plant and the beauty of its leaves, in color scheme of which there are many options of green, yellow and red colors. In addition, the Thunberg barberry is characterized by high winter hardiness and resistance to powdery mildew and rust diseases that are dangerous for all types of barberry.

Planting barberry Thunberg in the ground

When to plant Thunberg barberry

The site for the Thunberg barberry should be sunny and open, but nevertheless protected from the cold wind. Plant varieties with dark green foliage can grow in partial shade, but barberries with red and burgundy leaves need a lot of light. The soil needs light, deeply drained, in no case marshy. If the soil on the site has a heavy structure, impervious to water and air, you will need to prepare a substrate of soddy soil, sand and humus in a ratio of 2: 1: 1 to fill the planting hole.

Thunberg barberry is planted in the spring, before the buds swell, or in the fall, and autumn planting preferable. Seedlings with a closed root system can be planted at any time of the year, except for winter.

How to plant Thunberg barberry

Dig a planting hole with a diameter and a depth of about half a meter. The distance between two bushes should be 1.5-2 m, and if you plant a hedge, then place 2 bushes per 1 m. When planting dwarf varieties, the distance between the bushes is left within 50 cm.

Lay a layer of sand 10 cm thick on the bottom of the pit, then fill the pits with the prepared substrate, carefully place the seedling on it, straighten its roots and fill the voids with the same substrate. Lightly tamp the surface and water the seedling. After the water has been absorbed, mulch the trunk circle with humus or peat and shorten the ground part, leaving no more than 3 buds on the shoots. Until the seedling is accepted and grows, it is watered once every 10 days.

Thunberg barberry care

Planting and caring for the Thunberg barberry is not laborious. He does not need frequent watering or abundant feeding. Humidification of the near-stem circle will be required only during a period of prolonged drought, the rest of the time the barberry has enough natural precipitation. To prevent water from spreading during irrigation, make a roller about 10 cm high around the perimeter of the near-stem circle or select soil from under the bush so that the near-stem circle becomes a large, not very deep hole. Watering is carried out with warm water under the root. After watering or rain, loosen the soil around the bush and remove weeds.

As a fertilizer for Thunberg's barberry, organic matter is preferable - compost or humus, which are applied in the spring for digging. In autumn, the soil under the bushes is mulched with loose organic material - peat or loose compost.

There is no great need for pruning the Thunberg barberry, except that in some varieties the plants shorten too long shoots sticking out of the loose crown. Usually pruning is used to remove the ends of the shoots that have frozen over the winter, and this is done after the young leaves have unfolded on the plant and frost damage has become apparent.

Of the pests, the Thunberg barberry can infect aphids and flower moths. From moths, the plant is treated with Chlorophos or Decis, and from barberry aphids, it is necessary to spray the bushes in early spring with a solution of 300 g of laundry soap in 10 liters of water or tobacco decoction (500 g of shag is brewed in 10 liters of soap solution). If folk remedies will not help, you will have to resort to acaricides - Aktellik, Aktara, Antitlin and similar drugs.

Barberry Thunberg may have problems due to powdery mildew, leaf spot, rust and drying of shoots. If you see a whitish coating of powdery mildew on the leaves of the plant, treat the bush with a solution of colloidal sulfur or a sulfur-lime mixture, and cut and burn severely affected shoots. Leaf spot is manifested by spots of various shapes and colors. As a result of the development of the disease, the leaves begin to dry and fall off. Destroy the infection with a solution of 30 g of copper oxychloride in 10 liters of water, treating the shrub twice: before and after flowering. Some types of fungi cause the barberry shoots to dry out. You can stop the process by timely pruning of diseased shoots, followed by treatment of the plant with a fungicide solution.

In spring, bright orange spots appear on the upper side of the leaf plate of young leaves, and spores form on the underside in orange pads. This disease is called rust. As a result of the active development of the disease, the leaves dry and fall prematurely. To destroy the infection, it is necessary to spray the barberry with a two percent solution of Bordeaux mixture or a one and a half percent solution of colloidal sulfur immediately after the leaves open, and then carry out the treatment two more times every three weeks.

Reproduction of barberry Thunberg

Barberry Thunberg propagated by seeds, cuttings, layering, shoots and division of the bush.

The generative method makes it possible to obtain new varieties and hybrids, but it requires patience and time. The difficulty of implementing the seed method of reproduction is that barberry seeds do not germinate well: only 15 to 40% germinate. seed. To improve germination, the surface of the seeds is scarified, that is, the surface shell is slightly damaged, after which the seeds are sown in the ground before winter to a depth of 4-5 cm: during the cold season they undergo natural stratification and germinate well in spring. Barberry Thunberg seedlings are planted in a permanent place in 2-3 years.

For cuttings, you will need half-lignified shoots about 15 cm long. You can also root green annual shoots with two or three internodes, making the bottom cut at an angle of 45 º. To accelerate the growth of roots, the lower cut of the cuttings is treated with a growth stimulator before planting, after which the planted cuttings are covered with a perforated film.

If you want to propagate barberry with cuttings, dig in the low-growing branches of the plant in the spring, water them all summer, and in the fall, when they take root, cut off the cuttings from the mother bush and transplant.

When dividing a bush, you can immediately get a finished seedling, but the complexity of the method lies in the fact that during the procedure you can damage the mother bush. You can divide the plant only in spring, before flowering, or in autumn after leaf fall.

The Thunberg barberry has several decorative forms (multi-flowered, dark purple, silver-edged, Maksimovich and others) and many varieties. A description of the Thunberg barberry varieties could take dozens of pages, so we suggest that you get acquainted only with the most famous varieties in the culture. Dwarf plant varieties are considered especially valuable:

• barberry Thunberg Kobold- a plant no more than 50 cm high with dark green shiny leaves that turn scarlet red or yellow in autumn;
• Minor- a variety up to 50 cm high with green foliage;
• barberry Thunberg Aurea- a shrub up to 80 cm high with lemon-yellow or golden-yellow leaves, which turn yellowish-orange in autumn;
• barberry Thunberg Orange Dream- prickly bush up to 70 cm high with orange foliage and the same shoots;
• Barberry Thunberg Gold Bonanza- a variety up to 50 cm high and a crown diameter of about 70 cm with small leaves of a light lemon-golden hue;
• Barberry Thunberg Bagatelle- bushes up to 40 cm high with beet-colored leaves. Translated from the French "bagatelle" - "trinket". The leaves of this variety have a brownish tint in summer, and become bright red in autumn;
• barberry Thunberg Golden Dream- a compact plant 50-70 cm high with small narrow bright yellow leaves that turn coral red in autumn;
• barberry Thunberg Coronita- a variety up to 50 cm high and up to one and a half meters in diameter with bright dark purple leaves with a light green border around the edge;
• barberry Thunberg Admiration- a dense bush up to 50 cm high with bright red or dark orange leaves with a yellow border around the edges;
• Barberry Thunberg Atropurpurea Nana- a variety reaching a height of 60 cm, and a pillow-shaped crown grows up to 1 m wide. The leaves of the plant are purple-red, acquiring a scarlet-red hue in autumn. The flowers are red on the outside, yellow on the inside.

Tall Thunberg barberries with burgundy, orange or red leaves are represented by the following varieties:

• Atropurpurea- shrub up to 180 cm with purple-red brown leaves throughout the season;
• Barberry Thunberg Orange Rocket- a vertical bush up to 120 cm high and 50-60 cm in diameter with red-orange foliage;
• barberry Thunberg Red Pillar- a bush up to one and a half meters high with reddish-purple leaves, acquiring a scarlet hue in autumn;
• Barberry Thunberg Golden Ring- a very tall plant up to 3 m high with yellow-bordered dark purple leaves that turn bright red in autumn. The fruits of this variety are coral red;
• Helmond Pillar- an almost columnar variety up to 1.5 m high with a crown volume of about 50 cm. The young leaves of the plant are red-pink, and the old ones are saturated purple;
• barberry Thunberg Red Rocket- a tall plant up to 2 m high with orange-red foliage, turning orange in autumn;
• barberry Thunberg Darts Red Lady- a shrub up to 80 cm high with a spherical crown, consisting of shiny, dark burgundy-purple leaves, turning yellow in autumn.

Tall varieties of barberry Thunberg with red leaves Elektra and Red Chief are also in demand in the culture.

Tall varieties with green and yellow leaves are represented by the following varieties:

• barberry thunberg erecta- a plant up to 1.5 m high with a narrow-columnar in youth and a spreading crown in maturity, consisting of small light green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Bright red fruits stay on the bush for a long time after leaf fall;
• Vermillion- a variety with a height and width of about 1 m with green leaves that acquire a scarlet hue in autumn;
• Barberry Thunberg Green Carpet- a bush up to 1 m high with a crown with a diameter of up to 1.5 m. The leaves are light green in summer, scarlet-red in autumn. The fruits are red or pink;
• barberry Thunberg Maria- Polish variety up to 1 m high with a columnar crown shape. Young leaves have a reddish tint, and with maturity they turn yellow.

Barberry Thunberg has many varieties with variegated leaves. For example:

• barberry thunberg harlequin- bush 120-150 cm high with red leaves in pink and white spots;
• Rosetta- a variety with burgundy leaves with a lot of white and pink spots;
• Barberry Thunberg Rose Glow- a variety up to 1.5 m high and a crown of the same diameter. The young leaves of this plant are decorated with white-pink and bronze-red marbled patterns, and the old ones with red-purple and dark pink;
• Barberry Thunberg Pink Queen (Atropurpurea Rosea)- a sprawling plant up to 120 cm high with brown leaves speckled with gray and red-pink strokes. Leaves turn purple in autumn;
• Kelleris- a wide shrub with leaves in creamy white strokes and spots. In autumn, the white areas change color to pink or dark red;
• Silver Beauty- a slowly growing variety, reaching a height of 1.5 m, and a width of 1 m, with variegated silver-green leaves and a silver border. At the end of the season, dark red and pink spots appear on the leaves.

Barberry varieties of Thunberg Natasha, Variegata, Globe, Golden Devine, Golden Nugget, Golden Pillar, Golden Ruby, Golden Rocket, Darts Purple, Cabernet, Sideshow, Cornic, Concord, Crimson Ruby, Crimson Velvet, Powwow, are also popular among gardeners and designers. Royal Burgundy, Sunny, Sensation, Sparkle, Tony Gold, Fireball, Harmony, Sheridans Red, Cherry Bomb and many others.

Barberry Thunberg is often used as a hedge, and the bushes can be given any shape, or you can not cut it at all. The Thunberg barberry hedge is impenetrable due to thorns and very beautiful. It can take from 6 to 7 years to create it.

Plants of this species are planted on the banks of reservoirs, in rocky gardens, in landscape compositions and in single plantings - everywhere the Thunberg barberry will be beautiful. Low varieties of plants are used to create borders, borders and shrub mixborders. And in Japanese gardens, dwarf varieties of barberry Thunberg Kobolt, Green Carpet or Atropurpurea Nana, formed in the form of dense pillows, can successfully replace traditional small-leaved azaleas.

Barberry Thunberg is a plant of the barberry family, which has unique decorative properties. This type is a combination of beauty and utility at the same time. Barberry Thunberg is widely used in landscape design. Barberry Thunberg in its natural environment prefers spaces open to sunlight. In nature, it is found on the mountain slopes of China and Japan. Read the description of thuja Brabant.

Barberry Thunberg, description and characteristics

Thunberg barberry is a shrub from the barberry family, which grows with densely branched shoots.

• An adult plant can reach three meters in height.
• Thorns grow on the branches and trunk of a shrub, whose size is one centimeter.
• The leaves of the shrub are small, oblong, often reach a size of 1-3 cm. At the end of autumn, the foliage, painted in red, falls off.
• An adult plant bears fruit annually and is very abundant.
• During the flowering period, bunches of flowers or single flowers are formed on the branches. The color of the flowers is uneven: the outside of the flower is painted red, and the inside is covered with yellow. Flowering lasts from one to two weeks.
• On a shrub, fruits of an elliptical shape of bright coral color grow.
• The berries of barberry Thunberg reach 10 mm in length. They are poured in the middle of autumn and hang on the branches for a long time.

It is not recommended to consume the fruits of barberry of this species, but it is an excellent food for wintering birds.

Photo of varieties and types of barberry Thunberg

To date, the market garden plants replete with various varieties of barberry. Everyone can choose a plant for themselves. So, the following varieties are considered the most popular:

Dwarf varieties of thunberg barberry:

decorative forms of barberry Thunberg:

upright varieties with vertical shoots:

High-growing green leaf varieties:

High-growing red-leaved varieties:

• barberry Thunberg darts red lady - the variety has bright purple foliage;



• barberry Thunberg red chief has bright sharp leaves;



• barberry Thunberg Helmond pillar cultivar of "columnar" shape;



Barberry Thunberg Helmond pillar - a spectacular way to add variety to the design of the garden

• barberry Thunberg admiration - a variety with purple foliage framed by a yellowish border;



Barberry Thunberg Admiration - bright notes in the flower garden

• barberry Thunberg red rocket large-leaved variety with small leaves;



• barberry Thunberg harlequin - a variety with variegated foliage, adapts to urban conditions;



varieties with pink variegated leaves:






white-leaved varieties with "motley":






The listed varieties of barberry can be safely attributed to unstable to cold weather. They are having a hard time with the winter, but if you carefully cover the shrub from frost, then it will please the gardener for more than one season.

Golden varieties of barberry thunberg:






and other varieties:





Photo of barberry Thunberg in landscape design

This plant has many faces. Among its many species, you can find shrubs that are highly decorative, and some plant species have edible fruits of a sour taste. In 100 g of berries - 5 daily norms of vitamin C and 2.5 norms of vitamin A. This plant produces an impenetrable hedge, and it is also a natural healer that saves from many diseases. All this is about barberry, planting and caring for which is not particularly difficult.

There are about 500 wild species and various varieties of barberry in nature. Many of them gave life cultivars and there are a lot of them too. When crossing different types plants were obtained, which are distinguished by a special decorative effect.

The most famous natural forms are the following:

• Barberry common. An inhabitant of the southern regions of our country. It grows up to 2.5 m. Arcuate yellowish-brown shoots are covered with dark green ovate leaves and tripartite spines, reaching a length of 2 cm. At the end of spring, the bushes are covered with fragrant flowers collected in a brush. Edible bright red fruits over 1 cm long ripen in autumn. Their taste is sour and refreshing. There is also a red-leaved form - Atropurpurea, up to 2 meters high with orange-yellow flowers and dark red fruits. And also there is a variegated - Albovariegata.
• Amur barberry. He comes from Far East and is also growing in China and Japan. A shrub up to 3.5 m high is decorated with long tassels of flowers in spring, and in autumn with shiny edible juicy red fruits that do not crumble for a long time.
• Canadian barberry. In Russia, it is rare. A tall bush consists of shoots of dark purple color and is characterized by abundant fruiting.
• Ottawa barberry. This is the result of a hybridization between the Thunberg barberry and the red-leaved form of the common barberry (Atropurpurea). The bush grows up to 2 meters. Yellow flowers have a reddish tint, and its fruits are dark red. One of the most famous varieties of this species is the Ottawa Superba barberry. It has very decorative dark red leaves and unusual red-yellow flowers. The variety is winter-hardy and almost not affected by diseases.
• Barberry spherical. This is a fairly frost-resistant shrub native to the mountainous regions of Central Asia. It differs not only in leaves that are not characteristic of barberry, but also in spherical edible fruits of dark blue color.
• Barberry Thunberg. Forms a low sprawling bush with small leaves and beautiful fruits with a bitter taste, unsuitable for food. This species is most suitable for decorating gardens and parks. Numerous varieties have been bred for this: Aurea and Bonanza Gold with yellow leaves, Red Chief with dark red leaves, Harlequin and Cornic with variegated foliage. One of the most famous is the barberry Thunberg Atropurpurea. Its bush up to 1.5 meters high is covered with purple-red foliage changing color to bright carmine in autumn. The real decoration of the plant are yellow flowers collected in brushes with red stains.

Planting shrubs in the garden

Most varieties of garden barberry are unpretentious, but still they have their own preferences and they must be taken into account when planting plants in the garden.



How and when to plant?

Planting time depends on which root system the seedling was purchased with - closed or open. In the first case, planting can be carried out throughout the growing season.



In the second, her time is limited to two terms:

• in early spring, until the buds have yet blossomed, but the earth has already thawed;
• in autumn at the time of leaf fall, but at this time planting is associated with the risk of freezing the plant in winter.

Since the rhizome of the barberry is creeping and located in the surface layers of the soil, they do not dig a large hole for it. Its diameter depends on the age of the bush.

• For babies 2-3 years old, a hole 25 cm deep with the same diameter is enough.
• For 5-7-year-old plants, it should be larger - about 50 cm deep and in diameter.
• When using barberry bushes as a hedge, they are not limited to pits, but dig a trench 40 cm wide and deep for the entire length of the plantings.

But in any case, the reference point is the size of the root system of the seedling. She should not be cramped in the landing pit. It is necessary to prepare a place for barberry in advance so that the soil has time to settle, and there are no voids in it.

After a drainage layer of pebbles or broken bricks is laid at the bottom of the pit, it is filled with a soil mixture of the following composition:

• humus or well-ripened compost - 1 part;
• garden soil - 1 part;
• sand - 1 part.

Each bush will need 200 g of ash and 100 g of superphosphate. The planting hole is flooded with water. If the seedling is grown in a container, before planting it, together with the container, is immersed in water for 20 minutes so that the earth ball is well saturated with water. For plants with an open root system, the soaking time is longer - from 2 to 3 hours, and it is good to add a root stimulator to the water. If the roots are not dry, the seedling can not be soaked, but sprinkle the root system with a root formation stimulator.

If several bushes are planted, when choosing a scheme for their placement, you need to remember that they grow strongly in width, so the distance between them should not be less than 1.5 m. The only exception is planting as a hedge - 2 plants are planted per 1 running meter. It is very important not to deepen them when planting, the root collar should be slightly above the soil level.

Site and soil requirements



All barberries are drought-resistant plants, they do not need moist soil, so places with high standing ground water or flooded in the spring are not suitable for them.

They also require lighting. In the shade and even partial shade, the color intensity of the leaves decreases, and fruiting will be weak.

In nature, barberries most often grow on sand; in culture, they have not changed their preferences - they love light soil. Heavy soil with a high content of clay will have to be improved by adding sand. The reaction of the soil should be neutral or very close to it. Acidic soils must be limed.

barberry care

A properly planted bush does not require special care, but in order for it to show itself in all its glory, the gardener will have to take care of it.

Watering the plant

Only newly planted plants need weekly watering. When they have taken root, they should be watered only during drought and in extreme heat. The water must be heated in the sun. If, immediately after planting, the ground around the bush is mulched with chopped wood chips, bark or walnut shells, this will not only reduce watering to a minimum, but also stabilize temperature regime soil, make it looser.

Top dressing and fertilizer

Natural species often grow on poor soils and feel great there. Garden forms are more demanding for nutrition. In the first year, the plant has enough of those nutrients, which are laid during landing.

Starting from the second year of life, the feeding scheme is as follows:

• in spring - nitrogen fertilizers: 20 g of urea per 10 liters of water;
• before flowering - a complete mineral fertilizer with trace elements (you can simply plant it in the soil, and then water the bushes);
• in September for each mature plant make 10 g of potash and 15 g of phosphorus fertilizers, embedding them in the soil.

pruning

This is the most difficult job in caring for this shrub. Numerous sharp spines can severely injure hands, so thick, better leather gloves are needed.



1. Sanitary pruning is done annually in the spring, removing all frozen and dried shoots.
2. For formation, the bushes are pruned only after flowering, as it occurs on last year's shoots.
3. A hedge of tall bushes begins to form in the second year after planting.

In adult specimens, annual pruning of annual and biennial branches is carried out by half or a third. Low-growing border varieties are usually not pruned.

Leave in autumn, wintering

Winter is a tough test for newly planted bushes, especially if these are not too frost-resistant Thunberg barberries. Plants have been preparing for it since autumn. Timely autumn feeding and watering after leaf fall will help the barberry to better prepare for the winter. But this is not enough.



All young (and in Thunberg barberry and grown-up) plants need to be covered. Before shelter, they must undergo hardening with slight frosts, therefore, they begin the procedure with a persistent drop in temperature to -5 degrees and freezing of the soil to a depth of 3 cm. For this shrub, not only frosts are terrible, but also dampness, which creates a threat of decay, so shelter be dry air.

Small bushes are easy to cover with spruce branches and dry foliage, taking care of protection from mice. Barberry Thunberg is first wrapped in burlap or kraft paper, and wrapped with covering material on top, securing the shelter so that it does not turn around. At the base of the bush, you need to provide a space for ventilation. It is necessary to remove winter protection in the spring in time to give the bushes complete freedom for the growing season.

Reproduction of barberry

The barberry shrub reproduces both by the vegetative parts of the plant and by seeds.



The division of the bush is possible only in those forms that branch from its base. Usually divide the bushes at the age of 3-5 years. It is especially convenient to divide a plant if it is planted with some depth. Each division should have stems and part of the roots. For the procedure, a pruner is used.

Cuttings in some species of barberry do not take root well, but new plants will look like their parents. it good way get a lot of identical hedge plants at once.

Reproduction by cuttings

June cuttings, cut in the morning, take root best of all. They are taken from the middle part of the green shoot of the current year. Lignified cuttings take root much worse.



• The cutting should have 4 leaves and one internode. Its length is about 10 cm, and its thickness is about 0.5 cm. The cut at the top is horizontal, at the bottom - at an angle of 45 degrees.
• The lower leaves are removed, the upper ones are shortened by half. The thorns are not removed.
• The lower part of the cutting is treated with a root formation stimulator.
• The cuttings are planted in a greenhouse with an arc height of about 20 cm. The soil is leafy, sprinkled with a layer of sand 4 cm thick, well moistened. Landing pattern: 5x7 cm, tilt angle - 45 degrees. Deepen them by 1 cm.
• Conditions of detention: always moist soil, air humidity about 85%, frequent spraying. The use of an artificial fog installation increases the percentage of survival.

Cuttings overwinter in a greenhouse, plants are planted in a permanent place in 1-2 years.

When propagated by seed, most plants will not repeat their parents, with the exception of the common barberry Atropurpurea. Most of these seedlings will retain varietal characteristics. Seed germination is low - in different species from 20 to 40%.

seed propagation

• The largest berries are freed from the pulp, washed and dried.
• When sown in autumn on a seed bed, the seeds undergo a natural stratification. In winter, they are stratified in the refrigerator for 2 to 4 months, depending on the type of shrub. Sow in the spring in the garden.
• Seedlings are thinned out in phase 2 of true leaves, but do not dive and do not transplant. They are moved to a permanent place only after 2 years.

The main problems in growing

If a suitable place for planting is initially chosen and it is done correctly, there should be no problems in growing. But in a cold rainy summer, the bushes can be affected by fungal diseases.



Pests, diseases and methods of dealing with them

There are not so many of them, but they can bring serious harm to the plant.

• Powdery mildew. It appears as a white coating on all parts of the plant. Severely damaged leaves and stems are removed. The whole plant is treated with colloidal sulfur.
• Rust. Characteristic orange spots appear on the leaves. Control measures - treatment with copper-containing preparations or colloidal sulfur.
• Spotting. Spraying with copper oxychloride.
• Bacteriosis. If the upper part of the plant is damaged, all diseased branches are cut off. If the base of the trunks is affected, the plant is uprooted and burned.
• Barberry aphid. Spraying with soapy water.
• Barberry sawfly and flower moth. Treatment with a solution of chlorophos 2% concentration.

Decorative use of shrubs







A wide variety of species and varieties of plants allows you to choose the right bush for decorating a garden in any style. It is often used in landscaping. A bush with brightly colored foliage can become a tapeworm or fit into an existing plant composition. It will decorate a mixborder with itself, and low specimens will be appropriate on an alpine hill. Barberries make excellent hedges either naturally or shaped by pruning, which this plant tolerates well.





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