| Description | One of the showier flowering Barberrys. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (Ber-ber-is)(kor-ee-AN-na) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates light shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | yellow, 1/4", borne on pendulous racemes and up to 20 flowers per raceme |
| Fruit | red berry |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, dark green changing to red in the fall. |
| Stems | covered with spines |
| Roots | suckers from the roots, can form colonies. |
| Dimensions | Reaches around 4-6 feet by equal spread. |
| Maintenance | Can be sheared to maintain shape and size. |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to Korea and introduced in 1905. |
| Author's Notes | There are probably other Barberry that flowers this size or larger, but these are the largest I have seen on a Barberry. I enjoy viewing the ones planted at the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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