What: Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea “Rose Glow” is a fast-growing, compact shrub that bursts out in new growth each spring. The variegated Japanese barberry features deep burgundy leaves ...

As exotic species invasions continue to transform patterns of biological diversity, it becomes increasingly urgent to understand invasions' full consequences. Woody exotics that colonize closed-canopy ...

Sometimes the best new garden shrubs are really old garden standbys that plant breeders have worked their magic on to create new cultivars. Such is the case with the Japanese barberries (Berberis ...

Japanese barberry is a “popular, non-native, ornamental shrub” that you can often find in nurseries, but yet another state is banning it. The newest state to announce a phased banning of the plant is ...

The Canadian Coalition for Invasive Plant Regulation (CCIPR), co-founded by Cathy Kavassalis and Claudette Sims, warns that ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – It's easy to grab the pretty flowers staring back at you from the nursery shelves but try straying from the usual and plant vibrant shrubs to spice up the garden. Experts with the ...

The prickly but pretty non-native Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) has a long history of use as a privacy hedge to keep out nosy neighbors. In recent years, however, it has been found by ...

Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), pp. 53-55 (3 pages) Seventeen specific and infraspecific names are formally transferred from Mahonia to Berberis. New ...

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