Berberis Ottawensis X Auricoma

Other common names barberry superba.

Berberis ottawensis x auricoma. Try berberis x ottawensis auricoma for a splash of colour in the garden. The red purple leaves contrast beautifully with its yellow flowers in early spring. Synonyms berberis thunbergii atropurpurea superba berberis ottawensis superba. Ovoid orange red berries follow as the blooms fade but the best is yet to come.

Berberis ottawensis x auricoma is hardy and grows well in virtually any soil including seaside gardens. Berberis x ottawensis hedge plants are a popular red leaf barberry sometimes called purple berberis that boasts orange early spring berries and contrasting yellow flowers against red purple foliage that is striking vivid red purple in the spring and summer turning fiery orange and red in the winter before falling. It has orange berries in spring. Genus berberis can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with spiny shoots bearing simple often spine toothed leaves and small yellow or orange flowers in axillary clusters or racemes followed by small berries.