For other readers: "The importation, distribution, trade, and sale of Japanese barberry have been banned in Massachusetts effective Jan. 1, 2009 (Massachusetts Prohibited Plant list website, 2012). It ...

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 ...

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family, is an understory invasive that can live in many different soil and light conditions. It has nitrogen containing roots (giving them a ...

Instead of planting Japanese barberry, consider alternatives. Shrubs with the thicket-like character of Japanese barberry that still add privacy to your back yard (but aren't known for being tick ...

Japanese barberry (berberis thunbergii) is a very prickly shrub with small, waxy red berries and tiny green leaves. If you’ve been in any of our local parks, you have certainly seen it. Native ...