Make your garden grow with this Southern Living Plant Collection Orange Rocket Barberry. In the spring, young foliage emerges as a vivid coral. As it matures through the summer, it becomes an eye-catching scarlet-red. Before the winter sets in, the scarlet-red leaves age to an elegant ruby red, adding even more bold red hues to your fall landscape. Like most Barberries, it offers small sharp thorns on the branches. Once established, this fast-growing, drought-tolerant plant is quite hardy, perfect for Xeriscape gardens. It grows in a column-like shape to reach around 4 ft. H x 1.5 ft. W. This vertical growth makes it a striking focal point, allowing you to absorb the colors and textures of the scene presenting itself. Plant it as a border, slope plant, mass planting or in a container, and mix in a few as accents in a foundation planting. This perennial takes your home's curb appeal to the next level.