Pruning these shrubs is not a very difficult task!

Barberry doesn't shear well, so prune individual branches back into the bush to encourage new growth to arch gracefully.

Barberry spines can drive quite deeply into the skin, creating an extremely painful splinter.

Evergreen wintergreen barberry (Berberis julianae), hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9a, may be pruned from late winter through early spring. It is recommended that you prune the shrubs after they have fruited, during fall or winter. Dead woods should be removed during summer months, and the bushes should be pruned in the period between mid winter to late winters, i.e., before bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.

You can easily multiply barberry by sowing in March or for some by layering and cutting. You can cut the evergreen and deciduous species in August-September with heel cuttings taken from semi-August branches. Deciduous species can also be cut at the end of spring with cuttings taken from young herbaceous shoots.

Annual trimming is required if your shrub is Red Leaf Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii"Atropurpurea"). The spreading purple foliage of this deciduous plant forms a 4-foot-square shrub that.

This barberry grows slowly and stops at about 12 inches tall, but exceeds that in width.

May 12, For all shrubs, the recommendation is not to cut them back by more than 1/3 every year–this is good practice to follow. It may mean that sometimes it will take you a couple years to bring an overgrown shrub back to a desirable size, but it’s better for the health of the bushmulching.bars: 2.