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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: seeds require a cooling period prior to germination and are best planted in the Fall
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: CPBR 3,488
Goes Dormant
Parentage: Sport of: Atropurpurea Nana

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Cherry Bomb®
Cultivar name: 'Monomb'
Common names
  • Japanese Barberry
  • Barberry

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-11-15
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-20

Date: 2016-07-17
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-20
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-08-24
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