Extension educator Kathy Zuzek has written an informative article about the Japanese barberry. The plant is considered a nuisance now because it reproduces so rapidly. Avoid planting this bush in your ...

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 ...

In fall of 2021 two popular landscape plants were added to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s list of noxious weeds: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) and Callery pear (Pyrus ...

The Japanese barberry bush has become a significant ecological threat to our forests and contributes to the spread of infectious diseases. Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is a dense, ...

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.

Like other Japanese barberry bushes, Sunjoy Mini Maroon is a strong, self- sufficient performer not prone to deer or rabbit browsing. Gardeners who long for and admire barberry’s toughness but worry ...

LANSING, Mich. – Two popular ornamental plants often used by landscapers may become illegal to buy, sell or plant in the ground in Michigan – in addition to four other known invasive species.

SEATTLE — “So, this barberry is a monster. It's out of control. It's way too big, starting to block the light from parts of my garden," said Ciscoe Morris, as he struggled to pull two gloves on to ...

The Japanese barberry bush may be pretty to look at, but state officials say it’s a nursery for ticks. The prickly shrub also spreads quickly, choking out native plants. “It’s very pretty this time of ...

Once you know what to look for, you'll probably see invasive species that threaten area forests everywhere you look. But it takes time for people to begin to recognize the spread of popular landscape ...

A shrub that’s been a favorite of landscapers has been added to a list of noxious weed, by Pennsylvania officials, and its sale will be banned by the fall of 2023, reports say. According to a report ...