Oregon grape holly has yellow flowers in spring and forms ... native shrub that stands out when its leaves change from green ...

If you want a shrub that gives you bright yellow flowers in the spring but is easy to maintain and won't get too overgrown, try Kerria japonica. Its stems are green, not woody like forsythia.

It grows 5-6 feet high and 4 feet wide. There's a three-season show with this hardy shrub: Its leaves emerge orange, yellow and red, then change to green in summer and to harvest tones of reds and ...