Red Barberry
Mahonia haematocarpa
Red barberry is a spiny, holly-leaved evergreen of the Southwestern desert, with fragrant yellow spring flowers and translucent red berries used for jelly. Drought-proof and deer-resistant.
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–10 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, NV, TX
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- Nevin's Barberry (Mahonia nevinii)
- California Barberry (Mahonia pinnata)