Common Name: BarberryLatin Name: Berberis thunbergii ‘Maria’Soil: well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May/ insignificant yellow flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.7m x 0.7mSpecial features: Glowing golden yellow-green foliage which brightens up any garden The ‘Maria’ is a lively and vivid variety of barberry which features small rounded leaves that are densely packed onto the pillar-like framework. New foliage shoots through red, and then turns to yellow-green, then finally bright orange-red in autumn. This deciduous shrub is perfect for adding a vibrant splash of colour to a bed, border, or rockery and it works particularly well when planted alongside a darker variety of barberry like the ‘Helmond Pillar’.