Berberis Purple (Berberis Thunbergii Atropurpurea) is a medium sized deciduous hedge that produces beautiful, delicate yellow flowers in spring that turn into glossy red berries come autumn. The leaves of the Berberis Purple are a purpley green colour during spring, turning to a dark plum, purple colour in the summer. During the autumn the leaves turn into the most gorgeous shade of red.
It makes for an excellent border and security hedge due to its thorns. It works well and looks really good when planted with the Berberis Green hedge, providing you with a strikingly handsome hedge with the green and purple coloured leaves intertwining with one another.
It likes to be planted in any soil, making this hedge one that is suited to nearly every site imaginable, including those that have pollution, times of drought and even wandering deer. The only site it won’t survive in are waterlogged sites, due to a poor drainage system.
Like its counterparts, it is best to prune the Berberis Purple in the late spring, once it has flowered. You can expect this hedge to grow on average up to one foot a year. It is a really easy plant to look after and prefers to be in full sunlight, thus helping to maximise the full potential for those beautiful purple leaves.
As well as keeping intruders at bay, it provides you with a stunning ornamental hedge to admire and also provides food for wildlife – especially birds. We would recommend for these hedges to be planted eighteen inches apart to provide you with that thick, dense and impassable hedge you require.
For more information on our wide and varied selection of Berberis Purple plants or any of our other hedging plants, contact our specialist team members for more information.
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
