This cultivar of the "Japanes Barberry" is another eye catching colourful shrub.
The new leaves are bright green in spring.
In summer, the next flush of new growth has bright pink stems with green and white leaves.
This plant is a great way to add colour to the garden.
It is a very hardy plant, ideal as a specimen, a border plant. or even a trimmed hedge.
This deciduous shrub produces bright red autumn foliage.
The branches have spiny shoots which is where it gets its common name,.
It grows to approximately 1.2 metres, but can be kept smaller.