Berberis ottawensis 'Auricoma'

The Ottowan barberries are hybrids of the European Berberis vulgaris and the Japanese B. thunbergii. The result is a remarkably strong-growing barberry; we sell only red-leaf types with especially intense colours.

Shrub, 2-2.5 m tall and wide; initially upright, later loosely arching, fast-growing.

Plentiful, yellow with reddish hues.

Ovoid, light red berries; edible.

Exceptionally large leaves, 4-5 cm, broadly oval, shoots intense dark red, later greenish red, red hues from orange to scarlet in autumn, from end of September.

Full sun or shade; loses its typical leaf colour in the shade, frost hardy.

Dry to fresh.

Zone 6