The eye-catching, easy-to-grow mahonia shrubs (Mahonia spp. or Berberis spp.) remind many people of holly (Ilex), though they're closely related to barberry (Berberis). Handsome, ...

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 ...