SOUTHERN LIVING 2.5 Qt. Orange Rocket Barberry, Live Deciduous Plant, Coral to Ruby Red Foliage

Orange Rocket Barberry is an award-winning barberry that sports a unique color combination. Each spring new foliage starts out a vibrant coral-orange that fades to purple and then green in the summer. Once fall comes around, the deciduous leaves of this barberry turn a vibrant ruby red. Lastly, this barberry does have small spiny branches protruding from each leaf cluster that look like thorns. These little spines produce crimson red berries in the fall, which birds enjoy. Orange Rocket is known for its columnar habit, growing 2-3 feet wide by 4-5 feet tall. Making it perfect as a compact vertical element in mixed gardens or in containers. Or plant it as a specimen among other plants, and watch this Orange Rocket’s foliage dazzle in your landscape.

• Composed of coral-orange new growth that turns green in the summer and ruby red in the fall
• Once established, this fast growing plant proves itself to be quite hardy in USDA zones 5-9. After losing foliage in the winter new foliage will emerge in the spring.
• Tolerant of all soil types as long as it is well draining, soggy soil with poor drainage may lead to root rot
• During the first growing season water 2-3 times allowing the roots to be deeply established. After establishment the Orange rocket barberry needs very little supplementary watering.
• For space between shrubs plant them 2+ feet apart, this is good for mixed garden beds where you want a plant’s shape to shine through
• If ordered between November and February you will the Orange Rocket Barberry in its dormant state.
• Ships from the Alabama Gulf coast as a potted plant.
• Full sun-part shade
• USDA Zones 5-9
• Ships from Alabama