Golden Nugget: The superior, tidy-dwarf (about 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide) golden-foliage barberry on the market from Monrovia Nursery. Yellow flowers are followed by bright yellow foliage with a ...

Slow-growing dwarf varieties of barberry are best for low borders and formal parterres. Note: Barberry can be invasive in some areas of Canada, New England and the West Coast.

Several dwarf varieties in particular fit just fine in the small urban garden. Versatile and attractive year-round, ... Dwarf Nandina. Updated: Nov. 05, 2009, 10:23 a.m.

Three dwarf Pieris or Lily of the Valley shrub varieties also stay quite small. They need regular watering during dry summer weather. Cavatine reaches just 2 feet tall in 10 years.

In a knot garden, plants are laid out to form an interlocking design. ... golden thyme, multicolored sages, rosemary, artemesias, curry plant, winter savory and dwarf barberry. In fact, ...