General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 9 feet
Plant Spread: 11 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
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: Self
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Darwin's Barberry
  • Rullin
  • Calafate
  • Calafati
  • Michay
  • Michai
  • Barberry

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Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 4000-01-17
Berberis darwinii

Date: c. 1851
illustration from 'The Gardeners' Magazine of Botany', 1851
Location: San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Date: 2009-10-25
Location: San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Date: 2009-10-25

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Laguna Reinehual, Chile
Date: 2005
Copyright belongs to my friend Ricardo Martini.
Location: London!
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Date: 2009-10-25
Location: San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Date: 2009-10-25

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: London.
Date: 2014-03-10
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-02-25
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2017-02-25

photo by ghislain118
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Sep 21, 2011 4:22 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees
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