IMAGE SHOWS A MATURE SHRUB
 
An attractive compact shrub for the garden border with rich velvet-burgundy foliage all season long turning to deep red in fall, red berries through the winter; keeps its tightly mounded low-growing habit without pruning, color doesn't fade over summer.
Royal Burgundy Japanese Barberry is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. The fruits are showy scarlet drupes carried in abundance from early to late fall. It has attractive burgundy foliage which emerges red in spring. The small oval leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding dark red in the fall. It features tiny clusters of yellow flowers hanging below the branches in mid spring.