A delightful strong45growing shrub becoming smothered in bright orange blooms in late spring and flowering sporadically throughout the summer spiny evergreen leaves adorn the elegant arching shoots making berberis 39apricot queen39 a particularly valuable shrub in the winter garden the flowers which are an excellent source of nectar for bees are followed by subtle purple berries in the autumn this low maintenance shrub has an rhs agm and makes a fantastic specimen plant or grow