Cultivars of Japanese Barberry: There are many cultivars available. Some of the more common ones are:
* Var. atropurpurea – The leaves assume reddish to purplish shades. The yellow flowers are tinged with purple, but the fruits are the same bright red as those of the species.
* Var. [...]
Japanese Barberry: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is the most popular landscape barberry. Many cultivars are available. It grows from 3 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 7 feet wide, depending on the cultivar. The shrub is medium to very dense with many thorns. The leaves are bright green in summer, changing to orange, scarlet [...]
Even if a seed is planted upside down, the seedling always grows right-way up. How? Plants can actually sense gravity! (Gravity is what makes us fall back down to earth when we jump.) Inside the soil, the roots of the seedling grow towards gravity, while the stem grows away from it. This makes the roots [...]
If only we could capture the beauty of autumn and hold it to our hearts all winter long.
One of the spectacular features of fall is the wonderful coloring of tree leaves. The more curious among us might wonder just how do leaves develop color in the fall?
The purpose of plant leaves is to harness the [...]
Q:I HAVE a beautiful 10-year-old red Japanese maple that was
absolutely gorgeous last year. After the leaves turned brown, the maple shed two-thirds of the leaves around the middle of December.
The balance of the brown and curly leaves just hung on the tree. Finally, I found time in late January and stripped them off by hand.
The [...]
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