Japanese Barberry, an invasive shrub that has become widely-used in landscaping due to its color and ability to keep deer away, will soon be prohibited in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

The shrub is already banned in New York, Maine, and other states. It’s a haven for ticks and mice. A red crimson Japanese barberry bush (Berberis thunbergii) grows in the middle of a decorative garden ...

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Ride through just about any neighborhood in Western New York and you will likely see many of the small, dark red variety of Japanese barberry shrubs. They have been a favorite ...

A: For E. B., especially: My guess is that you are thinking of Japanese barberry, a shrub that has been a long grown as a yard shrub and often kept well kept and nicely trimmed; even shared among ...

The prickly but pretty non-native Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) has a long history of use as a privacy hedge to keep out nosy neighbors. In recent years, however, it has been found by ...

One outstanding shrub choice for spring color is the barberry. Not only do these offer us showy spring flowers, they also provide us with numerous foliage color options and growth habits. All thrive ...

A Virginia conservation group is calling out Japanese barberry, a thorny ornamental shrub that is still being sold at nurseries and big-box stores even as landowners spend years trying to rip it out ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – There are two widely popular landscaping shrubs wreaking havoc on forests across Michigan and the Midwest: Japanese barberry and winged burning bush. The bushes are known to ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Local environmental officials have a thorn in their side — literally. A popular decorative shrub called Japanese barberry comes with sharp thorns and dense foliage, often in shades of ...

This is the first installment of "Take on Invasives," a monthly series submitted by conservation-focused nonprofit Huron Pines. Articles will focus on invasive plants commonly found in Northern ...

Editor's note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Barberry, the common name for berberis, are versatile deciduous or evergreen shrubs renowned for their foliage, flowers, berries, and sharp spikes. There are hundreds of different shrubs within the ...