Sunjoy Gold Pillar Barberry
Berberis thunbergii ‘Sunjoy Gold Pillar’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub
Height at Maturity: 4′
Width at Maturity: 1.5 to 2′
Spacing: 1.5′ for hedges, 4’+ for space between plants
Spacing: 1.5′ for hedges, 4’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Bushy, Semi-Columnar
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: NA
Flower Size: NA
Flowering Period: NA
Flower Type: NA
Fragrant Flowers: NA
Foliage Color: Orange-Red new spring leaves, Bright Yellow in summer, Orange & Red shades in Fall
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
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 bright exclamation point in the garden, the Sunjoy Gold Pillar is an upright semi-columnar barberry with newly emerging leaves that are brilliant orange red in early spring maturing to a radiant bright yellow as the season progresses. Just before going dormant for the winter the leaves will turn back to vibrant orange-red. The bright yellow leaves provide an excellent contrast when combined with plants having dark green, burgundy, blue, or red foliage. Excellent drought tolerance when established makes Sunjoy Gold Pillar barberry a fine candidate for the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 4 feet tall and 1.5 to 2 feet wide, the Sunjoy Gold Pillar Barberry is useful as a colorful accent or specimen, in groupings, or as a natural hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Great for those tight spaces where a narrow plant is needed. Its high heat and drought tolerance makes it an ideal choice for the Xeriscape (low water needs) garden.
Sunjoy Gold Pillar Barberry combines well with sedums, junipers, ornamental grasses, yucca, and other drought tolerant plants that thrive in sun and well-drained soil.
Spacing Recommendations: 1.5 feet apart for solid hedges, 4 feet or more apart for space between plants
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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. Foliage color 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.
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My plant arrived in great condition. Thanks for packing it so well. Not a smidge of soil came out of the pot ! I planted it on the weekend, looks gorgeous with my other types of barberry.—————————-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 with red, yellow and green leaves. Very nice looking! —————— WBG Reply: Hi Mike – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens



















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