Golden Japanese Barberry               BER-ber-is thun-BER-jee-a

• Deciduous shrub, 3-4 ft (0.9-1.2 m) tall, equal width, upright, mounded.  Leaves yellowish, alternate, 1.5-3.0 cm long, one-third as wide, borne in clusters.  Flowers yellow, few, 8-20 mm across; fruit 0.8 mm across.
• Sun to part shade, color best in full sun.  A bold accent plant.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4
• Other yellow-green cultivars include:
• Bonanza Gold^TM, similar, but smaller
• Golden Nugget^TM (‘Monlers’), yellow-golden foliage, orangish in fall
• Sunsation^TM (‘Monry’), has yellow-golden foliage with an orange cast most of the season
• Oregon State Univ. campus: northwest of Gilkey Hall (Social Science).