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Berberis temolaica, the blue barberry, is a thorny deciduous-to-semi-evergreen shrub from the eastern Himalaya and Tibet, grown for its blue-black berries and ornamental foliage. It needs good drainage and a sunny or lightly shaded spot to do well.
Berberis temolaica, called the blue barberry, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Berberis, native to Tibet and Myanmar. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis temolaica 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.
