Toscana Barberry is a compact upright-branching deciduous shrub valued for its vibrant foliage that grows full to the ground. Its leaves are large for a Barberry and emerge in spring a showy red with a fine yellow margin that fades in summer as the leaves darken and eventually gains a burgundy tone in fall. Best color in full sun ad well-drained soils. Drought and deer resistant.
Barberry has known use of the root bark as an anthelmintic, antiseptic and febrifuge, and can be used orally as a treatment for various enteric infections.*
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3’ - 5’ |
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2’ - 4’ |
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3’ |
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4 - 7 |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Some susceptibility to bacterial leaf spot, anthracnose, root rots, wilt, aphids, barberry webworm, and scale. Highly invasive in the Eastern States.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Xeriscape, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, Foundation Plantings, Hedges, and Containers
COMPANION PLANTS: Boxwood, Spurge, Hydrangea
IMAGES: http://www.firsteditionsplants.com/the-plants/shrubs/toscana-barberry, (2) Andrew Butko, Berberis thunbergii in Sedovo, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Raffi Kojian, Gardenology.org-IMG 2901 rbgs11jan, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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