Rose Glow Red Leaf Japanese Barberry              BER-ber-is thun-BER-jee-a at-ro-pur-PEWR-ree-a

• Deciduous shrub, 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m), much branched, very dense, upright stems, thorny, purplish-pink foliage. New foliage is rose-pink, mottled with deeper red-purple splotches.  Matures to a deep reddish purple.  Fall color is orange red to reddish purple.
• Colors best in full sun or light shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4     Released by a nursery in Holland in 1957.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: northeast corner of West Greenhouse (on Orchard Ave.)