Golden Torch Barberry

The Golden Torch Barberry is a unique and striking plant, with a narrow vertical form to 4 feet tall, yet barely 2 feet wide. Most of the time it is a glowing pure gold, with new spring growth in a striking soft orange. In fall it turns lovely shades of pale oranges and peachy tones. Perfect for accents in any shrub bed, making barriers and lower hedges, and for planting among rocks in hot and dry parts of your garden. Also great in planter boxes, leaving room for annual flowers and trailing plants around it.

• Golden column of brightness all summer
• Orange in spring and again in fall
• Bright orange young stems
• Slender form is perfect for barriers and hedges
• Cold-hardy and drought-resistant too

Full sun really brings out the colors in the Golden Torch Barberry, which will turn more chartreuse when planted in shade. Any well-drained soil is perfect, and that includes urban soils, poor ground, gravels and sands, and other dry places, as well as ordinary garden soil. Drought resistant when established, and grows well in colder zones. Normally pest and disease-free, it isn’t bothered by deer or rabbits either.