Herbalist and educator Dr. Dana Driscoll will lead a two-part community event Friday, June 14, focused on identifying, removing and transforming the invasive Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii ...

It is indeed a useful shrub and well deserves its popularity. ‘Crimson Pygmy’ is a small — compared with others — barberry with, sure enough, crimson leaves.

A ‘Crimson Pygmy’ barberry has, as you probably know, maroon little leaves that glow in the sunshine and, on the other hand, do not sulk in less brilliant positions, even under clouds or in rain.

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 ...

Layered and wistful, Amber Bain’s vocals have an enigmatic quality to them that makes her both delectably unknowable and intimately relatable.

Two new species of pygmy squid have been discovered off Okinawa and named after mythical creatures.

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 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.

For other readers: "The importation, distribution, trade, and sale of Japanese barberry have been banned in Massachusetts effective Jan. 1, 2009 (Massachusetts Prohibited Plant list website, 2012). It ...