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Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea


Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea (Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea)

Japanese Berberis



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Wonderful - added to favourites!

4 May, 2014

 

Lovely bush... just very prickly, Sheila.

4 May, 2014

 

Beautiful colours Klahanie;0)

4 May, 2014

 

Thank you Pansypotter. I think this is my favorite Berberis I also have 2 other kinds .

4 May, 2014

 

Impressive. What is its height?

4 May, 2014

 

Mine are just babies Katarina. About 2.5 ft. Not as gorgeous (yet) as yours. I have 2 of them. I only have them for couple of years.

5 May, 2014

 

These are beautiful.

5 May, 2014

amy
Amy
 

I have this one Klahanie it's about 5ft high but i've never seen one with as many flowers as your, it's fabulous ...

7 May, 2014

 

These are young plants Amy. Maybe they are not as productive as they get bigger and older. I really do not fuss with these. Although, I did sheer them last year (slightly). They have sun for about 3 hrs .( If we get sun.)

7 May, 2014

amy
Amy
 

I had a look at mine today Klahanie it's getting a little old and straggly I'm not sure how long a life they have, I have two younger ones B.thunbergii 'Powwow' photo on GOY last week and also the B.darwinii they both have more flowers I guess they don't produce so much as they get older .I might try pruning my old thunbergii f. atrop. hard this autumn see what happens !

7 May, 2014

 

They do not mind pruning. I inherited one berberis bush and we prune it every year. It is green but the new shoots after pruning are redish and very attractive. It is at least 20 years old. So, I would say you can do it Amy. I just made a picture of it today so I will post.
Your new ones are very pretty.

8 May, 2014

amy
Amy
 

Thanks Klahanie I feel much happier about pruning it now ,the regrowth sounds pretty as well ... I'll go and have a look at your photo :o)

8 May, 2014



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