Flowers:
Yellow (Small yellow flowers bloom in April)
Foliage:
Red-Violet (Deep red to purple spring/summer coloration); Red (Bright red fall foliage)
Fruit:
Red (Bright to dark red, glossy 0.33" dia. berries appear late (October) and persist into winter; variable fruit set that can be showy)
Soil:
Prefers well-drained, drier soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The red-purple leaves are alternate, simple, 0.5-1.25" in length and width, and spatulate, narrowing closer to the petiole. Leaves grow in clusters. Single spine at nodes. Small yellow flowers with purple tint are 0.5" in diameter. Small red berries appear at 0.25" in diameter.
