Gardening A shady native shrub with fall berries that birds love: George’s Plant Pick of the Week Published: Oct. 12, 2024, 6:15 a.m.

Create an attractive border, provide privacy for us, and food for birds. We might get more than we bargain for.

UPDATED: October 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM CDT One of the most eye-popping sights in autumn gardens is a small shrub with clusters of bright purple berries along arching stems of golden leaves.

A: From the photo it looks like it's the large tree-like shrub called common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica. Birds eat the berries and drop the seeds, so it often pops up where it wasn't intended.

Reflecting on the recent cold days, I decided to write about a cold-hardy shrub that also grows well in Hawaii. Indian hawthorn is an evergreen shrub that is adaptable to a variety of locations here.

Native Plant: The many benefits of sassafras While sometimes considered a shrub and sometimes a tree, in favorable conditions, the staghorn sumac can reach 30-feet high, and as far across.

It is about 40 years old with these orange berries. A: It is a Manhattan Euonymus. The berries persist for some time, giving us some good color in the fall and early winter.