Berberis cretica

A tough, low-growing, and sometimes prostrate, extremely thorny little shrub from Greece, Crete and Cyprus. It's a sun lover and drought tolerant once well established. It has small oval mid green leaves that turn good fiery colours briefly before they fall in the autumn. Short clusters of pale yellow flowers in sping become tiny blue-black berries that develop a pale blueberry-like bloom in the autumn. Birds love the berries.