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 ...

A second prune may only be necessary if you are growing barberry as hedging plants to keep them neat and formal. Deciduous types of barberry are best pruned during dormancy from late winter to ...

For more than two decades, Pia Van de Venne of Murrysville has been working to rid the municipality’s parks of invasive plants including barberry, garlic mustard and Japanese stilt-grass.

That lack of enemies has allowed the plant to grow unimpeded in the wild, choking out native plants while attracting insects that can transmit diseases. Japanese barberry is an invasive species ...

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family ... hang bushes from nearby trees by their roots to prevent resprouting. Hanging the plants by the roots allows the plant to dry out and ...