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Berberidaceae, genus Berberis

Red-leaf barberry, Latin scientific name: F.atropuTpurea

Native to Japan, southern Northeast China, North China and the Qinling Mountains. It is currently cultivated in major cities across China, and is a very good ornamental garden shrub.

Purple-leaf barberry is a deciduous shrub with clustered branches and leaves. The young branches are purplish red, while the old branches are grayish brown or purplish brown. The stem epidermis has spines and grooves. The leaves are relatively small and obovate, slightly lighter in color on the lower surface, clustered on short shoots, and brilliantly colored. The flowers are solitary or in short racemes of 2 to 5, with yellow petals and red streaks along the edges. It generally blooms in April, and the fruit ripening period is from September to October. The fruit is red and oval.

Purple-leaf barberry has very strong adaptability. It likes light but also tolerates partial shade. In environments with slightly poor light or when the plant density is too high, some leaves will turn green again. It likes a cool and humid environment and is not tolerant of waterlogging. Purple-leaf barberry is cold-resistant, but does not fear hot high temperatures. It has strong sprouting ability and tolerates pruning. It can adapt to various soils, and grows even better in fertile, deep, well-drained soil.

Purple-leaf barberry blooms with yellow flowers in spring and bears red fruit in autumn. It is an ornamental flowering shrub excellent in leaves, flowers and fruit. In gardens, it is often used together with evergreen trees for block color arrangements. It is very common in northern cities, generally planted in clusters at road corners, edging large flower beds, or pruned into symmetrical spherical shapes for matching plantings, or dotted among rocks and beside ponds.