The Berberis Darwinii (Evergreen Barberry) is a glorious hedge to help keep intruders at bay thanks to its prickly nature. It’s a fast growing, dense, evergreen hedge, first discovered by Charles Darwin in South America during his voyage of the Beagle. It produces stunning, bright orange flowers that are sweetly scented during the spring, before producing edible barberries in the autumn months, which are slightly acidic in taste.
This versatile and hardy plant can be planted in most soils, especially chalk and clay. So long as the soil avoids waterlogged conditions and is easily drainable, then this plant will thrive. It much prefers to be planted in partial shade rather than full sunlight, and works great around coastal regions.
They tend to grow in an upwards position and into a round shape, up to heights of ten feet. We would recommend to trim Berberis Darwinni hedges after they have flowered, so it can grow into a dense hedge. It grows on average one foot a year, and makes for a great boundary hedge and for maximum privacy, as its evergreen status means it won’t lose its leaves during winter. Plus it will provide you with extra protection with thanks to its thorny nature.
When planting hedges we’d suggest you leave a gap of eighteen inches to help provide you with a dense impassable boundary. For any further advice or recommendations feel free to contact our dedicated members of staff, who will be happy to help.
We are now taking orders for January delivery.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page
