Berberis × carminea 'Pirate King'

This hybrid Barberry is a small, upright, vigorous, dense and branching semi-evergreen shrub, which is thorny and multi-stemmed from the base. It has mid-green leaves which are pale grey-green to pale white on the undersides, and down-facing, cup-shaped yellow flowers beginning in late spring followed later by the most bright fiery orange-red berries which in autumn really make the plant stand out.