General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6-12 feet
Plant Spread: 6-12 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: 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
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Red Mahonia
  • Algerita
  • Red Oregon-grape
  • Desert Barberry
  • Mexican Barberry
  • Red Barberry
  • Barberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Alloberberis haematocarpa
  • Synonym: Mahonia haematocarpa
  • Synonym: Berberis haematocarpa

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Location: Raulston Arboretum  NC State Univ  Raleigh, NC
Date: 2024-02-29
Uploaded by sedumzz
Uploaded by robertduval14

photo credit: Miwasatoshi

Date: 2002-08-01
Stephen J. Baskauf (http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/)

Photo courtesy of: davidbygott

Photo courtesy of: davidbygott

Photo courtesy of: davidbygott

Date: 2002-08-01
Stephen J. Baskauf (http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/)

Date: 2002-08-01
Stephen J. Baskauf (http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/)

Date: 2002-08-01
Stephen J. Baskauf (http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/)

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