Lust List for Shrubs ? and a QUESTION!!

First my disclaimer that any of these are my own pictures .. I would be using my own pictures logically if I already had these shrubs .. right ?

I have to admit to being a "repeat offender" .. with certain colours that is.

Since I am an Autumn fan .. aka .. Halloween nut, I lust after a certain colour pallet at times ..

Obviously you can see the ORANGE factor working here .. berberis thunbergii "Orange Rocket" is positively on my "shrub lust list" ..

Ever since I have watched my two "Aurea" barberry perform for a few years .. I try and over come my thorn fear issues and totally admire the change of gorgeous greenish gold .. to full on GOLD .. to colours ranging from gold, orange, rust and almost red.

So I skipped a few steps and went straight for the orange factor with this one.

This picture looks exactly like my Aurea come Fall ...
Picture of what my Aurea looks like when it is in full yellow gold mode.
"Concord" berberis thunbergii ... now how better a contrast can you create with two shrubs in the same family ? Talk about eye candy in "foil'... mode ? wink wink
I love this deep deep burgundy velvet look ... it is just beautiful ! .. I am so ready to hunt down this plant and perhaps buy multiples .. I have plans swirling around my head .. almost dizzy!
Now for something completely different .. weigela .. it has been an awkward love affair with My Monet .. I thought the plant looked way too busy and it did not appeal to me at all.

Then a serious mark down happened a few years ago and I just had to buy a couple because it was ludacris with the almost paying me to take it opportunity .. so it took me a little while to warm up to them .. but I think I have ..

Now they have one called My Monet Sunset .. and yes .. the selling point is the fabulous orangey rust colour that is drawing my Autumn eye once again (is there a support group for this sort of thing I wonder ?).

It actually reminds me of my Southernbush Honeysuckle .. so it has its toe in the door no matter how I feel about it .. I have to try it out and that is that !
Now for the darker side of the story .. Spilled Wine Weigela ..

I have Midnight Wine and it is a little beauty ... now this one seems slightly darker .. and of course that huge contrast with light coloured shrubs is going to be fantastic ..

Plus look at how amazing it looks like in a terra cotta container .. surround it with other potted plants to play up that deep shade of dark wine .. which will probably go the awesome reddish burgundy in Autumn as do some of my other shrubs that start off with this shade.
In fact I found this picture (from the net) of Summer Wine ninebark in the back with Aurea barberry in front .. now does that pop or what ?
The dark purple barberry in front is Crimson Pygmy with Aurea in back .. perfection!
This last little picture (again from the net) is an ideal grouping that I am thinking of this year.

Black mulch is a must for a base plate for me now .. I actually shudder when I see old pictures of my garden with that red mulch .. screaming garden nightmares ! eeekkkk !!

The light and dark colour scheme with different textures and sizes of plants .. some flowering, some just foliage .. some evergreen .. well it can serve as your own little world almost?
If I can find the perfect place I would love to have either Golden Showers or Golden Shadows.

I have been knocking my head against the wall trying to find out whether these are two different cultivars or there has been a huge following of two different mistaken names that should be one?

If anyone knows the answer to my puzzle I would love to hear from you !

So .. are they two different cultivars ? and if so what is the difference between the two? HELP!