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.

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 ...

Deciduous types of barberry are best pruned during dormancy from late winter to early spring, just before new ... watching frost nip tender shoots on a Japanese barberry I’d trimmed too late.’ ...

Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii ... pay close attention to varieties of barberry bushes when you plant this spring; they are a wonderful bush, but be sure you aren't adding to the overflow ...

"We won't have them now, but I expect by spring 2018, we will," said Herrington ... Weldy said the return of Japanese barberry will also require "honest labeling" by plant sellers, since the ...

In this column last week I shared with readers that Japanese barberry is one of the first plants to show green in the early spring. Today’s column is a follow-up concerning this invasive species of ...

“Every spring I open up the flyers that come in ... are 12 times higher than normal in forests infested with Japanese barberry. University of Connecticut Forestry Professor Tom Worthley said ...

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 ...