Lori, that's it...thank you.
No, it's not a vining plant, a lot of the plants there were protected by wire, apparently from deer. I've not grown berberis, but wouldn't think that it would be desirable to deer. Since we've been here for a couple of months now, I'm finding lot of plants previously unfamiliar to me. I think I like this one! I will have to check it out as I will be doing new landscaping and it's a new learning curve here...lol...
