General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: seeds require a cooling period prior to germination and are best planted in the Fall
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Gagnepain's Barberry
  • Black Barberry
  • Barberry

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Date: 08/29/2004
photo by Sten Porse via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikime
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2022-10-14
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2022-10-14
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Sep 21, 2011 4:18 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees

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