About
Berberidopsis corallina is a climbing plant with a woody structure that twines as it grows. Its foliage is evergreen, featuring dark green leaves that are mildly spiny. From summer into autumn, it produces pendulous clusters of rounded, deep red flowers.
About the genus
Berberidopsis is a climbing or loosely twining evergreen shrub characterized by its sharply serrated ovate leaves. In summer and early autumn, it produces clusters of bowl-shaped, deep red flowers that appear in axillary arrangements or short terminal racemes.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full shade, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- North-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Climber Wall Shrub
- Habit
- Climbing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden
- Native to
- Central and Southern Chile
Care notes
- Cultivation
- A choice plant for a sheltered north wall in a sandy, fertile acidic soil. Although it is considered mainly hardy, Berberidopsis dislikes cold winds and can be caught by winter frosts
- Pruning
- No pruning required but, If necessary, prune in spring after threat of frost has passed. Remove weak or dead stems from base. Does not regenerate well if pruned hard
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings, seed or layering
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free