Orange Rocket’ is part of the “Rocket” series of Berberis distinguished by their tight, upright, columnar habit. This award-winning selection is a compact, upright deciduous shrub with small red leaves that turn a ruby red in autumn. Foliage hues intensify in fall, making ‘Orange Rocket’ light up the landscape in mass plantings, as a specimen […]

A petite mound of velvety dark purple leaves if grown in full sun. Small yellow flowers in the spring stand out against the intense purple background. It hasn’t produced more than a few seeds in twenty years in our garden. Selected at Wavecrest Nursery in western Michigan.

Berberis thunbergii ‘Admiration’ has bright orange-red foliage with yellow margins. The color continues throughout the summer season. To date, no flowers have been observed. Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Award of Garden Merit, this vibrant Berberis is a real eye-catcher suitable for the landscape or as a container plant.

Miss Kim’ started out as a dwarf seedling from seed collected high in the Korean mountains on Veterans’ Day 1947 by Professor E.M. Meader. The smallest seedling germinated had dark green leaves and wavy margins that remained free from mildew all summer. In autumn, the leaves turn a brilliant burgundy red. The fragrant flowers are […]