Common barberry
Berberis vulgaris
In Dutch: Zuurbes
ShrubsCollection: Native species
Size and growth
- Mature height
- 2,5 m
- Mature spread
- 2 m
- Height as sold
- about 40–60 cm
- Full grown after
- 5–8 years
Position and care
- Position
- sun / partial shade
- Water needs
- low
- Evergreen
- no, loses its leaves
- Flower colour
- yellow
- Autumn colour
- red
- Climbs
- no
- Winter-hardy
- yes
- Bees & butterflies
- yes, a good nectar plant
- Hay fever
- not or weakly allergenic
- Poisonous
- mildly poisonous
- Pricks or stings
- thorns
- Maintenance
- low
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- May to June
- Fruit
- September to October