Flower Notes:
White (Small white flowers in mid-April)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Bright green to yellow summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Fall color is variable and can range from yellow, orange, scarlet red, and purplish-red)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Slightly showy bright red 0.33" dia. berries appear late (October) and persist into winter; variable fruit set)
Soil Notes:
Very adaptable to different soils, but avoid extremely moist soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The bright yellow to golden leaves are 0.5-1.25", spatulate, and in clusters. Leaves are softer than those of Berberis x mentorensis. Stems are glabrous, slender, brown-red, angled, and grooved. Single spine (0.5") at nodes (Berberis x mentorensis typically has three spines). Bright yellow inner wood.