Famille
Berberidaceae
Synonymes
Berberis fortunei
Long, narrow and slightly prickly leaves giving it a palm tree appearance.
Classification
Trees and shrubs
Climat
Zone 8: from -12°C to -7°C
Couleur de feuille
Couleur de fleur
Exposition
Sheltered winds
Part shade
Hauteur minimum
100cm
Hauteur max
150cm
Intérêts remarquables
Foliage
Utilisation au jardin
Parterre
General description
- Origin
- 300-2000 m. China (Chongqing, Northeast Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang). Robert Fortune discovered this cultivated shrub in a Shanghai nursery and introduced it in 1846.
- Climate
- Withstands -10°C.
- Exposure
- Situation ombragée ou au soleil non brulant.
- Soil
- Humus-rich.
- Use
- Ideal shrub for small gardens.
General physiology
- Dimensions
- Can reach 1.2m tall in cultivation, larger in nature.
- Habit
- Upright.
- Branches
- Upright and unbranched stems.
Leaves
- Shape
- Obovate to obovate-elliptic, 10-28 × 8-18 cm; usually composed of seven linear-lanceolate leaflets. Pinnate.
- Colour
- Pale green leaves, sometimes slightly glaucous, pale green to dark green.
- Note
- Leaves, evergreen.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- Blooms in late autumn (October and November).
- Shape
- Grouped in narrow cylindrical racemes 5 to 7.5 cm long, erect.
- Colour
- Bright yellow.
Fruits
- Shape
- Globular, 4-6 mm in diameter.
- Colour
- Bluish-purple, pruinose.
- Note
- This species rarely fruits in our latitudes.