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Orange Rocket Barberry
Berberis thunbergii ‘Orange Rocket’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 6-8′
Width at Maturity: 2′
Spacing: 12-18″ for hedges, 4’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Columnar
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Size: 1/8″
Flowering Period: Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Orange In Spring, green in Summer, Orange-Red in Fall
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: Yes
Berry Color: Red
Sun Needs: Full Sun, Mostly Sun, Part Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low Once Established
Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5 (Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: None, Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect
Description
A new hybrid Barberry introduction, Orange Rocket is rocketing onto the landscape scene.
Orange Rocket Barberry was awarded Best Shrub for 2010, for good reasons. When grown in full to mostly sun, it has a tight missile-shaped habit, ultimately reaching 6 to 8 feet in height but only 2 feet in width in ten years. Plants have vibrant coral-orange new foliage that matures to mid-green by mid-summer and then back to a deep, vibrant orange-red in fall. In early summer, pale yellow flowers are followed by small, crimson red berries that do not set viable seed.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to 6 to 8 feet tall and only 2 feet wide, the Orange Rocket Barberry is useful as a colorful accent or specimen, in groupings, or as a natural hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Its high drought tolerance makes it an ideal choice for the Xeriscape (low water needs) garden and is a fine addition to orange theme gardens.
Orange Rocket Barberry combines well with sedums, junipers, ornamental grasses, yucca, and other drought tolerant plants that thrive in sun and well-drained soil.
Suggested Spacing: 12 to 18 inches apart for solid hedges, 4 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Barberry is not winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Barberry are exceptionally easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. They prefer a well-drained soil and all the sun you can give them. Coloration is more intense with more sun. As with so many other ornamental landscape shrubs, barberry does not like a constantly soggy or wet soil. We’ve seen no insect or disease problems. When established, plants are very drought tolerant, requiring supplemental irrigation only during prolonged periods of summer drought.
Helpful Articles
Click on the link below to get helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Barberry shrubs.
How To Plant & Care For Barberry Shrubs
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Received in great condition and packaged securely. Both shrubs were a nice size. The color of these Orange Rocket Barberry is outstanding.———————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I asked for a well filled-out specimen for the front of my house and Wilson Bros. sent me one of the prettiest shrubs I have ever seen! It is healthy, colorful, well-formed, and I am eagerly waiting for fall when it will turn orange. Great shrub Wilson Bros!———————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
It’s a long ride from Georgia to Rhode Island but my plant arrived HAPPY,HEALTHY &HYDRATED ! It was also PERFECTLY PACKAGED! I will definitely be ordering from you again-WELL DONE!!!———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Arrived in perfect condition. 5 stars——————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
I have three of the orange rocket barberry in. a sunny location. .the color was a bit muted when they arrived but has intensified since being in the ground and now matches the lovely orange/red shown in the picture .. they are all healthy and growing well.————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
This online company is outstanding! This is our 3rd order (4 plants). The staff was amazing she understood how picky I was and FaceTimed with me so I could hand pick the plants. She pulled the plants out of the rows so I could see every angle. They arrived in great condition with free shipping. Excellent friendly customer service! Highly recommend Wilson Bros Gardens for your plant needs.—————————————————-We are so glad yall are pleased and we hope yall enjoy them for years to come! Thanks so much for the awesome review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Thank you. You guys have been awesome to work with; your plants have been lovely.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchases! Beth | WBG 🙂
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