When planning out a garden, we often think about color, contour, and attracting pollinators. But this popular shrub and hedge choice can bring unwanted guests.

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.

Don't let your vacation ruin your garden. These plants for Southern USDA Zones are meant to stand up to drought, heat, pests, ...

Barberry, Mexican orange blossom and Australian fuchsia are among the non-native plants the Sonoma County Master Gardeners consider Superstars for North Bay gardens.

Barberry: Barberry is a striking evergreen shrub to add to your landscape. Best known for its red variety, this shrub also comes in an orange rocket, yellow and green. It’s a tough plant that ...

Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii): In full sun, this shrub is an attractive shade of red and burgundy, especially in autumn, which is one of the reasons that it was a landscaper’s favorite.

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 ...

What do these plants have in common: Callery pear trees, barberry shrubs and yellow flag iris? Sure, they’re all pretty in bloom. But more ominously, they are all invasive plants.

The Perfect Plant: Barberry shrub excellent in Alberta gardens. Barberries are drought-tolerant, small- to medium-sized shrubs that have really gained a foothold on the Prairies in the last decade.

— Elizabeth B., Pittsfield. 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 ...