Hardiness Zone: 4-10
Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
Height: 3-4′
Spread: 4-6′
Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Sun
Foliage: Purple Red
Flower: Yellow
Water Usage: Moderate

Purple Japanese Barberry is an attractive foliage specimen with reddish purple leaves on spreading branches. Useful as a screen or hedge, its thorny branches respond well to hard pruning as the plant matures. Japanese Barberry can become invasive on the mid and north Atlantic coast but stays in bounds in warm dry climates.