Berberis montana (Calafete)

100 (200)cm Calafete is an most ornamental medium sized to tall evergreen woody shrub with small, leathery, oblong dark green leaves, numerous showy orange yellow flowers and egg shaped bluish fruits in late summer. Native of dryish rocky spots in montane shrub lands in Chile. May be tried in the garden in any rich, well drained soil in a protected spot with shelter from winter wetness and an insulating protection from freezing through (e.g. a thick dry mulch layer). Better for a frostfree cultivation in a cool greenhouse or unheated wintergarden at a minimum of some 5°C with reduced watering. Seeds from a wild collection in VII Region, Laguna Maule at some 1800m. VI-VII.
20 seeds per package.

U.S. customers only: seeds cannot be shipped to the U.S.