Early Amethyst Beautyberry: Vivid purple berries cover the branches of the Early Amethyst Beautyberry starting in September. Gardeners use this plant to add color in the early fall when most plants have stopped blooming and have lost their luster. Beautyberry cuttings can be used in floral arrangements and in fall home decorating. ‘Early Amethyst’ Beautyberry grows 3-4 ft tall and wide, and produces tiny pink flowers in the late summer. This Beautyberry is attractive even in the spring and early summer when it displays lush green foliage on elegant, bowing branches. |
Winterberry is a stunning native! This tough, easy to grow
shrub produces densely packed, red berries in the early fall, that
persist throughout the winter. Winterberry differs from other
hollies because it looses its foliage in the fall. Thus, its showy
clusters of berries are improved by greater visibility. Winterberry
cuttings are very popular in Christmas arrangements and holiday
décor. And, you can attract Cardinals to your property by planting
Winterberry; they love to eat the berries! The height and width of
Winterberry varies depending on the variety – it can grow anywhere
between 3-15 ft tall and wide. It prefers wet, acidic soil but
adapts easily to the typical garden environment. A male Winterberry
must be planted near a single or grouping of female Winterberries
for the females to produce fruit.
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The Snowberry is unique among other berry producing shrubs because it sports clusters of fat white berries. Like the Winterberry, it is a native to North America, is easy to grow and is a prolific spreader. It has small pink/white bell shaped flowers that form on the plant in clusters in June and July. It typically grows 2-5 ft tall and 4-6 ft wide. |
Viburnum: After a cold spell that reached -25 degrees Fahrenheit, an Indiana farmer found that all of the Viburnum he’d started from seed had died, except for Cardinal Candy. Thus, the plant’s popularity began. Cardinal Candy couples exceptional cold hardiness with pretty white spring flowers followed by stunning clusters of shiny red berries in the fall. It grows 6-8 ft tall and 6-7 ft wide, is deer resistant and drought tolerant! Our Cardinal Candy Viburnum look beautiful even when other shrub varieties are suffering from the late summer heat. |