What is he - barberry Tunberg? Planting and caring for him

Barberry - is evergreen, as well as deciduous prickly fruiting shrubs, having leaves of solid form, located 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).

One of the most favored growers of deciduous plants is barberry Tunberga. Planting and caring for it is quite simple, so many people choose it for gardening. It is especially interesting to look at the simple hard thorns of a bush that has about a meter height and long (about 1 cm) simple hard thorns. 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 features of growing

• Location: well lit or semi-shaded place.
• 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, division of a bush.

Barbaris Thunberg. Planting and care. Trimming the bush

A very important role is pruning shrubs. It is carried out in the spring period before the buds are blooming. Cut off from a quarter to half 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 perform the function of the fence, then pruning is done, only starting from the second year from the moment of planting. The half or two-thirds of the part of the plant that is above the ground is cut off. Further cut 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 barbers are suitable for decorating a hedge, especially slow growing, 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: the crown is spherical, 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 blossom. Photo of flower beds on their background will look especially elegant, if you want to capture their creativity on the camera.
• Red Chief: fast-growing, crown shape - branchy with flowing shoots. The height reaches about 2 m. The leaves have a purple or brownish color, in autumn there is a scarlet.

That's all that requires of you barberis Thunberg. Planting and planting are fairly simple, so your site around the house can be planted with it and other bushes and flowers that will look harmonious with each other.