Berberis, Japanese Barberry 'Aurea Nana'

This plant is NOT invasive. I have three and they've had 13 years to go wild and do their thing, but have remained nice neat brilliant y...Read Moreellow and lime shrubs with slightly arching branches, about 30" high in a shady area.

And-even better- they are all planted within 12 feet at the base of an 80 foot WALNUT TREE! These are not listed on the Morton Arboretum list of Juglone tolerant plants, but they must be, because they are in excellent health and absolutely brilliant in their partly shaded area.

I plan on moving them closer to the outer edge of this shaded woodland bed to let them shine against the pine needle mulch, dwarf and coral bark maples, forsythias, and variegated Sambucus I have in the area.

In looking at the photos posted here in Dave's, I see photos submitted by someone in Seattle Wa, and another photo by someone in Utah. They look like two different species of shrubs. Mine looks exactly like the Utah photo, and is called Berberis thunbergeii "Aurea Nana".

I would have included a picture to show their brilliance but at the mo they are surrounded by weeds ( my bad). I will post a photo later.

There are many Barberries being phased out do to invasiveness..and this is NOT one of them.

Trade, transport, and planting this shrub is illegal in my state and two others, because it invades and destroys natural areas. I've seen...Read More state woodland turned into impenetrable thorny thickets of this species, where nothing else in the understory layer survives. It has naturalized across North America north of a line running from Georgia to Wyoming, and also in Washington.