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Berberis hancockiana

Berberis hancockiana is a shrub in the barberry family, native to Yunnan in southwestern China, and it is rarely grown outside botanical collections. Grow it like other barberries: give it sun to part shade and well-drained soil.

Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the soil surface dries out; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained garden loam; tolerates a range of soils if drainage is good.
Temperature
Subtropical to warm temperate climates; likely tolerates mild frost, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
China (SE. Yunnan)
Climate
subtropical

About

Berberis hancockiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, first described in 1917. It is endemic to Yunnan Province in southwestern China.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis hancockiana 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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