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Berberis thunbergii — tissue-culture young plants

Propagated in tissue culture by our laboratory partner HasBiotech, and supplied by BYS Flora International to wholesalers and garden centres worldwide, with the phytosanitary certificate issued at origin.

Berberis — tissue-culture plantlets in a culture vessel at our laboratory partner HasBiotech
The plant

What it is

Berberis thunbergii, Japanese barberry, is a compact, deciduous, spiny shrub from Japan.

Its many cultivars are grown for their foliage, in purple, red, gold, lime and variegated forms, and for their autumn colour, in low hedges, borders and containers.

Spec sheet
Botanical name
Berberis thunbergii
Common name
Japanese barberry
Family
Berberidaceae
Supplied as
Young plants from tissue culture.
Paperwork
GKGM phytosanitary certificate
Sold to
Trade buyers only

Pot sizes, quantities, minimum orders and lead times change through the year. A trade account shows what is ready now, at trade prices.

Formats

How it comes

Young plants from tissue culture.

Tissue culture gives uniform young plants from cleaned, checked starting material, and is far less tied to the season than cuttings or seed.

How tissue culture works →
What travels with it

Documents with every consignment

  • Phytosanitary CertificateGKGM — Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry · Every export consignment
  • Commercial Invoice and Packing ListBYS Flora International · Every consignment
  • Proof of OriginAt origin, in the form the route requires · Where the destination or a tariff preference requires one
  • Virus-indexing resultsOur laboratory partner, for tissue-culture material · On request
Into the EU

Berberis thunbergii from Türkiye may enter only up to three years old, at most 40 cm tall, and in growing medium.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1162

We check these conditions before we quote.

For other markets we supply the phytosanitary certificate and the paperwork your customs authority asks for. Documents and plant health

Live availability and trade prices for Berberis thunbergii are in the trade account.

Trade buyers only. Applications are read by hand, usually within two working days. If you would rather talk first, WhatsApp or write to our export team.