landscaping

Barberry - Ruby Carousel®

$17.95

Ruby Carousel® Barberry, Berberis thunbergii 'Bailone', is a showy plant that displays an upright, rounded form along with attractive, red-purple foliage. It makes an excellent accent plant and a good barrier hedge plant because of the thorns. Ruby Carousel® Barberry prefers a moist, yet well-drained soil. Ruby Carousel® Barberry grows to about 3-4 feet high with a spread of 3 feet. It is noted for its excellent red colour and uniform habit that is low and rounded. Its stems and branches are grooved slightly and angled. A thicket of Ruby Carousels provides many landscape possibilities. ... find out more

Sweetshrub It features very fragrant, brown to reddish-brown flowers (2" across) which bloom at the ends of short branchlets in May. Flowers give way to brownish, urn-shaped fruits (seed capsules) which mature in fall and persist throughout the winter. Lustrous, dark green (pale beneath), ovate to elliptic leaves to 6" long turn golden yellow in fall. Leaves are aromatic when bruised. It is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Remove root suckers promptly if naturalization is not desired. Use as a specimen near front door, patio or other living areas where the fragrant flower aroma may be enjoyed.