Wintergreen Barberry               BER-ber-is ju-le-A-na

• Evergreen shrub, 6-10 ft (2-3 m), dense branches with "lethal" three-parted spines.  Leaves alternate but often 5 per node, narrow, 5-8 cm long x 0.8-1.3 cm wide, leathery, spiny-serrate, lustrous dark green and wrinkled above, much paler below.  Some leaves turn red before dropping in fall.  Abundant yellow flowers in spring.  Bluish-black oval fruits, 8 mm long.
• Sun or partial shade.  Very adaptable.  Excellent barrier hedge, impenetrable.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5, hardiest of evergreen barberries.      Native to Central China
• julianae: Juliana, named by Camillo (Karl) Schneider after his wife.
• Corvallis: southwest of the OSU Credit Union on 25th St.