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Berberis everestiana

Berberis everestiana is a high-altitude barberry shrub native to the Himalayas of southern Tibet and Nepal, growing at 3800 to 5000 m. Little is documented about it in cultivation, so care advice is based on general barberry needs and should be treated cautiously.

Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty mix of loam and grit.
Temperature
Hardy to cold; tolerates well below freezing, but protect from prolonged waterlogging and heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Tibet to Nepal
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Berberis everestiana is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae described as a species in 1961. It is native to the Himalayas of Tibet and Nepal at elevations of 3800–5000 m.

Other Berberis plants

Berberis actinacantha · Berberis aemulans · Berberis aetnensis · Salmon barberry · Berberis agricola · Berberis ahrendtii · Berberis alpicola · Berberis amabilis · Berberis amoena · Amur Barberry · Berberis angustifolia · Berberis argentinensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis everestiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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