All barberry shrubs produce interesting fruits in the fall, found in different shades of blue, black and red, typically in an elongated shape.

The Japanese barberry is beloved by more than just disease-carrying ticks. Like other beautiful but invasive flowers and shrubs you might plant in your garden, the yellow buds and red, elongated ...

Barberry shrubs offer a kaleidoscope of color from season to season From flowers to foliage, each variety of these thorny plants puts on a unique show of colors. They also make an ideal hedge.

Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). Widely planted in Midwestern yards for its red fall color and bright berries, this shrub from Asia is easily spread by birds that eat the berries and ...

In this week's NatureWatch, columnist Thom Smith answers a reader's question about a familiar-looking shrub and suggests seeds and more for avid backyard birders.

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

What: Dwarf Purpleleaf Japanese Barberry, or berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Concorde, was selected for its small, compact size and dense growth. In spring, deep red-burgundy foliage emerges ...

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 ...

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.

Barberry is an ornamental commonly sold at nurseries, and forms small thorny thickets that are ideal cover for the white-footed mouse, another carrier of Lyme ticks.