Golden Barberry

With foliage as bright as the sunrise in the spring and as colorful as the sunset in autumn, the Golden Barberry (Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea') is a small, slower-growing deciduous shrub that will add incredible colorful impact to your property that you will need your sunglasses at the ready!

Emerging in early spring with bright chartreuse to yellow foliage color, you'll be amazed at the brilliance this little shrub packs into such a small space! Reaching 3-4 feet tall and about as many feet wide, these balance out their smaller stature in sheer sunshine power!

Darling, pale yellow flowers cover the plant in little clusters beginning in early April, and lasting through May. Like itty-bitty frilly bells, the bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators will have your shrub humming!

The bright yellow, teardrop-shaped foliage turns to a lively green by summer, and if planted in partly shaded areas, becomes much more lime-green instead! Fall brings great sunset colors of yellows and fiery orange. Sometimes flecks of bright red splash across the leaves and add color to the gracefully arching stems!

Plus, autumn brings a few pinkish-red berries dangling daintily from each branch and drawing some songbirds in for a snack! These Japanese Barberries provide amazing winter interest, long after the leaves have dropped throughout USDA planting zones 4 to 7!

Landscape Application:

A tough and hardy dwarf, the Golden Barberry is a definite knockout in just about any sunny landscape! The bright colors throughout the growing season complement and highlight every other plant and color palette.

Plant as an eye-popping accent shrub or in a mass planting that turns heads! The color is only amplified in the sun! That hard-to-mow slope or that awkward-to-reach spot in your landscape will become a beacon of shining brilliance!

A row or low hedge of the naturally rounded Golden Barberry will make uninvited guests think twice with the small thorns along each branch. However, if you have overly inquisitive pets or small children, this shrub may need to be planted out of their reach. Barberries are fantastically deer-resistant and tolerate urban pollution!

If you have a container large enough, Golden Barberry makes an excellent, breathtaking containerized plant, becoming a vivid focal point anywhere you need that pop of color! Golden also becomes an instant spotlight in your other mixed-shrub borders and adds that perfect flash of sunshine!

• Bright Golden-Yellow Spring Foliage
• Small Yellow Flowers In Spring Bring Pollinators Galore
• Great Fall Color & Winter Interest
• Pinkish Red Fall Berries For Birds
• Large Container Plant, Colorful Hedges & Borders & Thorns Deter Uninvited Guests

#ProPlantTips for Care:

These deciduous shrubs have the best color when planted in full sun but in hotter climates display equally vibrant color in afternoon shade. Plant Barberry bushes in any kind of well-drained, slightly acidic soil, with adequate moisture access. This type of Japanese Barberry bush does best when watered regularly and it does have an above-average moisture requirement. A generous 3-4 inches of arborist mulch over the roots helps retain soil moisture as well as insulate the root system from heat and chill all season long.

Your native plants are protected with Plant Sentry™! No need to worry about Nature Hills' quality landscape plants becoming an issue in your local habitat because we do all the research for you and adhere to all state agricultural laws! Protecting native flora and fauna is our top priority!

• Plant Sentry™ Protected!
• Full Sun to Part Shade
• Moderate to Low MoistureNeeds
• Partly Drought Tolerant
• Prune After Flowering If Needed
• Cold Hardy, Pollution-Tolerant & Deer-Resistant

Plant some golden-yellow rays of sunshine in your landscape today by lighting up your garden with Golden Japanese Barberry shrubs from Nature Hills Nursery! Just have those sunglasses at the ready once you do!