Барбарис – это вечнозеленые, а также листопадные prickly fruiting shrubs, having leaves of solid form, arranged alternately. Spines can be simple, three-fingered, five-fingered, grow at the base of the kidneys. Flowering begins at the end of May and continues until July-August. The flowers are small, yellow, fragrant. Fruits (red, purple or black) in most members of the family are edible (contain a large number of vitamins, as well as amino acids).
Одно из любимейших садоводами листопадных plants - barberry Tunberga. Planting and caring for it is quite simple, so many people choose it for gardening. Particularly interesting is the meter about the height and long (about 1 cm) simple hard thorns a variety of shrubs. In the autumn period, the leaves are bright red-purple. Fruits are rich in red, shiny, are not suitable for food and do not fall off for a long time.
Barbaris Thunberg. Planting and care. Some peculiarities of growing
- Location: well-lit or semi-shaded places.
- Barbaris Tunberga is resistant to frost.
- It is also stable to most diseases and parasites. It has a lot of decorative subspecies.
- Reproduction is carried out by seeds, cuttings, branches, bush division.
Barbaris Thunberg. Planting and care. Trimming the bush
Cuttings of shrubs are very important.It is carried out in the spring period before the buds are blooming. It is cut from a quarter to half of the length of the shoot, also it is necessary to remove the branches that thicken the bush, frozen in winter, the dried shoots.
If the shrubbery will function as a hedge,then pruning is done, only starting from the second year from the moment of planting. The half or 2/3 of the part of the plant that is located above the ground is cut off. Further pruning should be every year in early June and early August.
Varieties of barberry from undersized can not be cut. They are great for zoning homestead land.
Barbaris Thunberg. Varieties for hedges and other types of landings
Many barberries are suitable for decorating hedges, especially slow growing ones, undersized ones.
- Atropurpures:can reach 2 m in height, has bright red or crimson leaves. It grows well in sunny places, calmly tolerates frosts, is not hygrophilous. You can use this variety as a planting material for hedges, flowerbeds as a flower arrangement.
- Darts Red Lady:crown spherical shape, the height of the plant reaches 1.5 m, the leaves are saturated red and purple. In the beginning of May the barberry of Thunberg starts to bloom. Photo of flower beds on their background will look especially elegant if you want to capture your creativity on the camera.
- Red Chief: fast-growing, the shape of the crown is spreading with falling shoots. The height reaches about 2 m. The leaves have a purple or brownish color, in the autumn period the scarlet predominates.
That's all that requires of you barberis Thunberg.Planting and care of the plant are simple enough, so your site around the house can be planted with it and other bushes and flowers that will look harmonious with each other.
