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.

Versatile and attractive year-round, heavenly bamboo has carved out its place in Northwest gardens. Several dwarf varieties in particular fit just fine in the small urban garden.

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 ...

This dwarf barberry reaches only two feet tall and can retain its shape without regular trimming. If you are after a compact shrub that dazzles with distinctive deep purple-black foliage, the Sunjoy ...

Knowing when to prune shrubs is important to keep them healthy and productive year after year. When it comes to pruning barberry shrubs, the timing will vary on whether they are deciduous or ...

It grows — uninhibited by weather, poor soil or natural predators. And for that resilience, Japanese barberry, a shrub, has become a mainstay of Pennsylvania landscaping. But for the same reason ...

Japanese barberry was introduced as an ornamental in 1864 and pitched as a replacement for fungus-prone common barberry. The spiny shrub grows as tall as three feet and is widely used in hedgerows.

Were are planting suggestions from the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, Rolling Meadows. Remember that these trees and shrubs must be e… ...

For cooler climates this is among the best colored foliage shrub hardy to Zone 4. It's been bred into a range of sizes, from very dwarf to neo-monster, making it suited to virtually every yard ...

Although it’s been around for nearly two decades, ‘Siam Ribbon’ Ixora isn’t widely known despite numerous sterling qualities. This dwarf variety, also called Hindu rope Ixora, features ...

Japanese barberry was introduced as an ornamental in 1864 and pitched as a replacement for fungus-prone common barberry. The spiny shrub grows as tall as three feet and is widely used in hedgerows.