Scientific name: Berberis nervosa (N)

Common name:  Oregon grape

Family name: Berberidaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 0.4-0.7m tall, 0.6-1m wide

Form: Spreading

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Alternate. Pinnately compound.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: raceme flowers; yellow and sweet. Blue berries.

Limitations: rhizomes; spreading.

Suitable uses: mass plantings. Edible berries. Restoration work.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. Alternate. Pinnately compound; long compound leave. Leaflets overlap each other. Opposite leaflets.