Among the barberry family, this variety occupies a special place. It is the rose barberry that often becomes the plant around which a host of garden design decisions are born. Throughout the season, he not only pleases the eye with an extravagant purple color, but also surprises with the ability to add new colors and shades to his color.
Description of Barberry Rose Glow
Barberry Rose Glow is a tall shrub that reaches a height of 1.3-1.5 m. The crown has a large diameter, sometimes up to 2 m. It is rounded, resembles a hemisphere. With normal plant care, from the time of planting to reaching maximum sizes, an average of 10 years is needed.
A characteristic mottled color appears on the barberry from the moment the growth of young shoots begins. The exotic appearance of the plant is given by annual seedlings.
Foliage of Barberry Rose Glow
The flowering time of barberry falls on the end of May - the first half of June. The flowers are located along the entire length of the shoot, they are two-tone - the petals are yellow inside and red outside.
The fruits of the bush are elongated, bright red in color. In diameter, they reach 1 cm. They ripen by the beginning of September, and in October they acquire a deep dark color.
Additional Information. The plant is undemanding to growing conditions, easily tolerates heat and cold. An important point in choosing a landing site is the presence of plenty of light. The shrub tolerates partial shade well. In the shade, its leaves lose their purple color and turn green, and the growth of the bush slows down significantly.
Planting a plant
Rose Glow, like most Thunberg barberries, is undemanding to soils, but prefers slightly acidic soil with moderate moisture. The plant can be propagated both by planting seeds, and layering or dividing the bush.
Seed planting
Propagation by seeds is not the most successful planting option, because the germination of seed is small. After harvesting the fruit, you need to carefully separate the pulp and dry the seeds in the sun. Before planting in a container, they are disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate.
For germination, it is recommended to take a container with a cell depth of 3-5 cm. The seeds are buried to a depth of 1 cm. The watering regime is moderate. The soil should be moist, but without stagnation of water.
Important! The optimal landing time is the end of February - the beginning of March.
After emergence, the film or glass is removed, and the container is placed on the windowsill. The optimum temperature is 18-20 ° C. In the spring, after a hardening period, the plant is transplanted into a larger container with a slightly acidic soil substrate (not more than 6.5 pH).
In winter, when the outdoor temperature drops to 13-14 ° C at night, barberry is brought into a heated room. During this period, watering is significantly reduced and the plant is given rest by being placed in a room with a temperature of 15-17 ° C. Since late March, barberries have been increased watering and give more light to plant in open ground in a month.
Planting seedlings in open ground
With self-cultivation, it is recommended to plant a plant at the age of one to two years. Landing is carried out in the first decade of May, when the air temperature reached 17-20 ° C, and the soil has already warmed up enough.
For landing, a sunny, but not windy, place is chosen. A 50x50 cm hole is dug up under the landing to a depth of 40 cm. The bottom is covered with a 5-7 cm layer of sand. A sand cushion will remove excess moisture well. Before planting, the bush is recommended to withstand 4-6 hours in a solution of Kornevin. Such treatment will allow the plant to quickly restore the root system.
Barberry bushes
It is best to fill the planting hole with a mixture of compost, sand and turf in the proportions of 1: 1: 1. It is also desirable to add 250-300 g of lime to the soil in order to normalize the acidity of the soil. After planting, it is necessary to pour a seedling of 10-12 liters of water at room temperature.
When planting in a row between plants, you need to maintain a distance of 1.5-2 m, and for the formation of hedges from barberry it is recommended to reduce it to 1.2-1.4 m.
How to Care for Rose Glow Barberry
Barberry is considered an unpretentious shrub and is often used for landscaping areas adjacent to highways, but when you care for it, you still need to know some nuances.
Watering
In the first year, watering is necessary for a good rooting of the plant. The usual volume of water is 10-12 liters once every 7-10 days. In hot weather and during drought, the irrigation volume remains the same, but the time between them is reduced to 5-7 days. In a dry year, you need to loosen the root soil.
Top dressing
For young plants, fertilizer is carried out during the period of bud swelling and after the start of shoot growth. As a top dressing, a solution of urea (rich in nitrogen) or organic fertilizers is used.
In September, Rose Glow barberry bushes are fertilized with a mixture of dry superphosphate and potassium sulfate. Top dressing is closed by loosening.
Organic fertilizers are used every 3 years. To do this, use slurry or infusion of bird droppings. After fertilizing, watering the shrub is not necessary.
Barberry pruning
Pruning
The first pruning can be done 2 g after planting. Preventive pruning in the first 4-5 years is recommended to be done twice a year. Frozen shoots are removed in spring, dried shoots are removed in autumn. Starting from 3 years of life, pruning is done at any time to form a crown.
Note! In the description of the barberry Rosa Glow it is indicated that a full pruning of the crown under the stump is acceptable for rejuvenating the plant. This operation is usually performed starting from 6-7 years of age.
Breeding methods
Barberry can be propagated by layering, dividing the bush or using the seed method. The most effective is reproduction by layering. In this case, the plant is guaranteed to inherit all the characteristics of the variety.
For layering, young annual shoots are selected, which in the middle part are drawn to the ground with brackets. The ends of the shoots are installed vertically, and the place pressed with brackets is covered with soil. By the end of the season, a full-fledged root system of a new bush is developing under a layer of earth.
Additional Information. The division of the bush is used during the spring planting. The bush is divided into 2-3 parts and landed in a new place.
When propagated by cuttings on a young shoot, cuttings of 5-7 kidneys are cut. The bottom 3-4 kidneys are placed in the ground, and the rest are left on the surface. The soil is abundantly watered, and the stalk is covered with a glass jar. After 21-28 days, young shoots should sprout on it, and at that moment the root system will already be formed on the underground part.
Transfer
A young bush of rose Glow barberry is transplanted with an earthen lump. For plants of 5-7 years of age, it is recommended to simultaneously divide the bush. At 10 years of age and older, barberries are transplanted in the second year after pruning.
Diseases and Pests
The greatest harm to the barberry of Thunberg Rose Glow is caused by barberry aphid. You need to deal with the insect promptly and ruthlessly. To do this, use the drug Aktara. Spray the plant immediately after detecting a lesion, and then 2-3 times after 3-4 days.
Often the plant is affected by powdery mildew, rust, bacteriosis and spotting. From the first symptoms of the disease to complete loss of foliage, usually 4-5 days pass, so it is necessary to act quickly. Actellic and Match preparations are used for treatment. After the first treatment, a second is carried out after 5-7 days.
Flowering period
Abundant flowering begins in mid-May, when good warm weather sets. Its duration is 21-28 days.
Before flowering, barberries are fed with complex mineral fertilizers at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon on the bush. They are poured over the soil and mixed with it using shallow loosening. Then produce watering.
Flowering barberry
Winter preparations
In autumn, after the leaves fall, barberries need to be cut. Leaves are collected and discarded. Organic fertilizers are applied to the root space of the bush and covered with mulch.
In areas with unstable snow cover, young bushes are pressed to the ground and covered with spruce branches. Adult plants are wrapped with agrofibre.
Important! Barberries that have suffered from fungal diseases or insect attacks in the outgoing season are additionally treated with disinfectant solutions.
Use in landscape design
When gardening, the Thunberg barberry (berberis Thunbergii Rose Glow) is most often used as the main plant of the composition. The bright purple color of the leaves of its perennial shoots over time is diluted with a motley palette of young branches. Spatter-like stains contrast well with the clearly defined pink and white lines on the leaves.
What does barberry look like when decorating the landscape
Today, barberry is most often used as a single plant in a Japanese garden or on an alpine hill. In this case, several plants are planted with a similar color, but a distinct difference in the color and tone of the foliage. Several bushes planted in a row are used instead of a hedge for zoning the site.
Beneficial features
Barberry Rose Glow is not only a vibrant decorative culture, but also a plant known for its beneficial properties. It is used to strengthen immunity and with weight loss. Decoctions from fruits, leaves or roots are used for inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Means from barberry berries perfectly relieve cramps and relieve pain, they help with colds and strengthen blood vessels.
Gardeners love Barberry Rose Glow for its unpretentiousness and endurance, the ability to use as a hedge and decorate landscape compositions. With proper care and timely preventive procedures from pests and diseases, the plant for a long time pleases the owners with its colorful appearance.
