As barberry are fast-growing shrubs, not trimming them can result in the shrubs getting overgrown and unkempt. I heard from two plant experts about when to prune barberry bushes and they revealed ...

choking out native plants while attracting insects that can transmit diseases. Japanese barberry is an invasive species, meaning it is not a native U.S. plant. The plant made its domestic debut ...

Japanese barberry is an invasive shrub that harms the environment and human health (not to mention our animal companions). They have escaped our gardens and now outcompete native plants in our forests ...

December’s Weed of the Month is Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). This species is a specially regulated plant on Minnesota’s Noxious Weed list.