Berberis Julianae Hedging

Berberis julianae, Julians Barberry, is a dense, thorny shrub that makes great hedging. It has copper coloured young leaves and yellow flowers in spring, which ripen into black berries. The leaves turn green in summer and then flame red and orange in autumn, remaining on the branches until the following spring. Although it is not quite as covered in thorns as some of its relatives, each spine is longer and more ferocious than the other varieties which therefore makes it an impenetrable shrub of up to 3 metres tall. It is suitable for any soil and tolerates dappled shade.

View our selection of berberis hedging or see our full range of hedging plants.

Berberis julianae hedge plants are only delivered bareroot, during winter (Nov-March).
All our hedge plants are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots aren't measured).

Spacing a Berberis julianae hedge: Plant Berberis julianae hedging at about 50cms spacing.

General description of Berberis julianae plants:History & uses of Julians Barberry: This species was brought to Britain from China by the prolific plant collector Ernest H Wilson in 1900.

Growing Berberis julianae plants:
Berberis julianae will grow well in any soil with decent drainage conditions. They are shade tolerant, but they will flower poorly and you won't see such a good autumn colour.
They will not grow well if the site is too wet.

Prepare your site before planting:
It is good to dig over the area where you plant a hedge several months in advance, especially if the soil is poor. Destroy the weeds first: nettles, brambles and ground elder are tough and a glyphosate based weed-killer is the best way to remove them. Then dig the soil over; remove rocks, roots and other rubbish. Mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades. If your soil is rich, you don't have to dig it over, but killing all the weeds is still necessary.

Watch our video on how to plant a garden hedge for full details. The plants in this video are delivered pot-grown, but planting out bareroot stock is essentially the same.
Remember to water establishing plants during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Hedge Planting Accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a hedge planting pack with sheets of mulch fabric and pegs to hold it down.
If you are planting in an area with rabbit and/or deer, you will need to use a plastic spiral guard for each plant, supported by a bamboo cane.
If your soil quality is poor, we recommend using mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of new trees and shrubs.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Shrub
Shade	Partial Shade
Area	Coastal Areas
Soil	Acidic, Poor/Dry
Colour	Yellow/Gold
Type	Hedging
Also Good	Autumn Colour

	NUMBER OF PLANTS
SIZES	1-9	10-49	50-249	250-999	1000+
P9 (9cm Pot)	Plenty of Stock£2.99	Plenty of Stock£1.99	Plenty of Stock£1.89	Plenty of Stock£1.79	Plenty of Stock£1.69
20/30 cm Bareroot	Plenty of Stock£2.33	Plenty of Stock£1.75	Plenty of Stock£1.65	Plenty of Stock£1.55	Plenty of Stock£1.25

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Berberis Julianae Hedging