Super-smelly callery pear trees and prickly Japanese barberry shrubs have been targeted for new regulations by state ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH — As temperatures outside rise, many people are heading to nurseries to buy plants to beautify their yards. But there is a shrub available that, while beautiful in a landscape, has become a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japanese barberry has become a mainstay of Pennsylvania landscaping because it is uninhibited by weather, poor soil or natural predators. But, for those same reasons, a panel of agriculture experts is ...

Alas, landscapers. One of those attractive and hardy shrubs in your yard — the kind you plant and forget — has a dark side. It’s called the Japanese barberry. Pennsylvania may soon join a number of ...