Flowers:
Yellow (Yellow to pale yellow flowers (1" across) in pendulous clusters appearing in spring)
Foliage:
Green (Leathery, dark green semi-evergreen leaves); Red (Yellowish-red fall foliage color)
Fruit:
Red (Bright red berries but quite sporatic in fruit set)
Soil:
Very adaptable to different soils, but avoid extremely moist soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are 1-2" long, alternate, leathery, often spiny at margin. Stems are slender, yellowish-green, angled, and grooved. Three-pronged spines at nodes (as opposed to the single spine of Berberis thunbergii), especially on longer branches (young stems may have single spine). Bright yellow inner wood. Leaves are more leathery and darker green than B. thunbergii.
