Pennsylvania Garden Centers, Landscapers Begin Phasing Out Newly Banned Plants

Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii), callery or Bradford pear trees (Pyrus calleryana) and Ravenna grass (Saccharum ravennae; Tripidium ravennae) have been staples of urban and particularly suburban landscaping for decades.

WorryFree Barberry Exemption Announcement

April 13, 2022 WorryFree® Plants

WorryFree® Plants and brand owner Syn-RG® LLC are excited to announce that in March 2022 the State of Pennsylvania exempted all four Japanese barberry varieties in the WorryFree® series (Crimson Cutie®, Lemon Cutie®, Lemon Glow®, and Mr. Green Genes™) from their list of banned invasive plants and approved their sale and use in the nursery and landscape trade.