Glossy dark evergreen leaves (inside leaves red in fall) make a handsome densemounding shrub with long, deterrent thorns. Small bright yellow flowers cover the shrub in spring, and in winter the foliage is plum-purple, more soif in full sun. Fast growing.

Mature size: 3-4 ft T x 4-6 ft W

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Minimum temperature: 0 F