There was a huge thicket of barberry to work with. To see whether the presence of deer helped or hindered the growth of the barberry, deer enclosures were constructed in different parts of the thicket ...

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 ...

State scientists believe removing a common, invasive shrub called Japanese barberry (berberis thunbergii) can help reduce the Lyme disease-carrying tick population by as much as 60 percent, but they ...

Extension educator Kathy Zuzek has written an informative article about the Japanese barberry. The plant is considered a nuisance now because it reproduces so rapidly. Avoid planting this bush in your ...

Japanese barberry, a red-berried ornamental shrub that graces many a yard in Lancaster County, and Bradford pear trees, still celebrated for their explosion of white blossoms on Lancaster city streets ...

Editor's note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

The Japanese barberry bush may be pretty to look at, but state officials say it’s a nursery for ticks. The prickly shrub also spreads quickly, choking out native plants. “It’s very pretty this time of ...

Often, it is that we just don't know. For instance, what lovelier shrub, especially in the autumn, is there than the burning bush or wingedeuonymus? Not only has the burning bush (Euonymus altus) been ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Local environmental officials have a thorn in their side — literally. A popular decorative shrub called Japanese barberry comes with sharp thorns and dense foliage, often in shades of ...

Q: Is this a mushroom growing on the tree trunk, and how can we get rid of it? — Sandy Rodriguez. “Trees, especially older trees, will sometimes have mushrooms growing directly on the trunk, which are ...

Japanese barberry, a tick-harboring shrub, could be banned in Pennsylvania at the first meeting of the new Controlled Plant and Noxious Weeds Committee in the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ...