As barberry are fast-growing shrubs, not trimming them can result in the shrubs getting overgrown and unkempt. I heard from two plant experts about when to prune barberry bushes and they revealed ...

Barberry's beneficial effects on high blood sugar also include reducing glucose production in the liver, a common issue for ...

Barberry grows naturally on the edges of Polish mixed forests. This unassuming shrub is nearly entirely used for health applications. The leaves, fruits, roots, and bark all contain berberine—an ...

Japanese barberry has become a mainstay of Pennsylvania landscaping because it is uninhibited by weather, poor soil or natural predators. But, for those same reasons, a panel of agriculture ...

Berberine, an organic supplement extracted from several plant roots including the barberry plant, has a longstanding reputation in traditional Chinese medicine for managing different health ...

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.

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family, is an understory invasive that can live in many different soil and light conditions. It has nitrogen containing roots (giving them a ...

Oregon grape, a woody shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae, is an understory invasive that prefers partial shade and moist, yet well-drained soils typically grows 1-5 feet tall, spreading ...