Berberis buxifolia 'Nana'
Common name:
Dwarf Magellan Barberry
Dwarf Box-leafed Barberry
Pronunciation:
BER-ber-is buks-i-FO-lee-a
Family:
Berberidacae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub, slow growing, 2 ft (0.5 m) tall, dense, mounding habit, small thorns, 3-parted or simple. Leaves simple, alternate, 1-2.5 cm long, prickly tip, otherwise entire. Flowers yellow-orange. Fruit purple-blue.
- Sun
- Hardy to USDA Zone (6) 7 Native to southern Chile, Argentina.
- Some disorder in Corvallis, presumably a disease, causes entire shoots to brown and die.
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