Scientific name: Berberis aquifolium (N)

Common name:  Oregon grape

Family name: Bereridaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 1.5-2m tall and wide

Form: Upright, spreading

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Alternate. Pinnately Compound.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: Insignficant flowers. Grape fruit (cluster of purple berries)

Limitations: spreading

Suitable uses: Medicinal properties. Masses, hedges, restoration.

Quick ID description: Evergreen. shrub. Alternate. Pinnately Compound. Leather leaf texture, shiny.  Grape fruit (cluster of purple berries). Crinkly feeling leaves (crunchy), spiky and prickly leaf edges.