Berberis x mentorensis

• Attributes:

  Genus:

  Berberis

  Family:

  Berberidaceae

  Life Cycle:

  Perennial

  Woody

  Recommended Propagation Strategy:

  Root Cutting

  Play Value:

  Textural

  Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):

  seldom damaged by deer and is drought and heat tolerant.

  Dimensions:

  Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 7 ft. 0 in.

  Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.

• Whole Plant Traits:

  Plant Type:

  Shrub

  Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:

  Deciduous

  Semi-evergreen

  Habit/Form:

  Dense

  Erect

  Mounding

  Rounded

  Growth Rate:

  Medium

  Maintenance:

  Low

  Texture:

  Medium

  Appendage:

  Thorns

• Cultural Conditions:

  Light:

  Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

  Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

  Soil Drainage:

  Good Drainage

  Moist

  Occasionally Dry

  Very Dry

  USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:

  5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b

• Fruit:

  Fruit Color:

  Black

  Blue

  Red/Burgundy

  Fruit Value To Gardener:

  Showy

  Display/Harvest Time:

  Fall

  Fruit Type:

  Berry

  Fruit Description:

  This plant sometimes produces red fruit (berry).

• Flowers:

  Flower Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Flower Inflorescence:

  Insignificant

  Flower Bloom Time:

  Spring

  Flower Description:

  This plant has yellow flowers in spring.

• Leaves:

  Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:

  Deciduous

  Semi-evergreen

  Leaf Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Green

  Orange

  Leaf Feel:

  Leathery

  Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Orange

  Red/Burgundy

  Leaf Type:

  Simple

  Leaf Arrangement:

  Alternate

  Leaf Shape:

  Elliptical

  Obovate

  Hairs Present:

  No

  Leaf Length:

  1-3 inches

  Leaf Description:

  This plant has alternate, simple, leathery, and dark green leaves that are 1-2 inches long. The stems are usually three-spined and thorny. Leaves turn a yellow, orange, and red fall color. This plant holds leaves into late fall.

• Stem:

  Stem Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Stem Is Aromatic:

  No

  Stem Buds:

  Scaly

  Stem Surface:

  Smooth (glabrous)

  Stem Description:

  The stems are thorny and usually three-spined.

• Landscape:

  Landscape Location:

  Recreational Play Area

  Landscape Theme:

  Drought Tolerant Garden

  Design Feature:

  Barrier

  Border

  Foundation Planting

  Hedge

  Mass Planting

  Screen/Privacy

  Resistance To Challenges:

  Deer

  Drought

  Erosion

  Heat

  Problems:

  Spines/Thorns