Brighten The Winter Garden

Winter Fruit and Berry Plant List

Gaultheria mucronata syn. Pernettya mucronata ©2005
Gaultheria mucronata

The main provider of color in the garden during our cold months is the winter berry. By late winter signs of spring begin to appear, carrying with them more color from bulbs and other plants. In between fall and late winter we rely on a few flowering plants, but the berry is the jewel of the winter garden. Here is a list of plants which provide winter ornament and, in some cases, forage for the birds.

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi KINNIKINNICK

Ardisia japonica MARLBERRY

Arum italicum

Berberis BARBERRY

    B. jamesiana
    B. parvifolia
    B. wilsoniae

Billardiera longiflora CLIMBING BLUEBERRY, PURPLE APPLE BERRY

Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion' BEAUTY BERRY

Cotoneaster bullatus

    C. 'Cornubia'
    C. henryanus
    C. horizontalis
    C. lacteus
    C. 'Rothschildianus'

Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' HAWTHORN

    C. douglasii BLACK HAWTHORN (Northwest native)

Fatsia japonica JAPANESE ARALIA, JAPANESE FATSIA

Gaultheria mucronata syn. Pernettya mucronata

Iris foetidissima

Lonicera alesuosmoides HONEYSUCKLE

    L. henryi
    L. pileata

Malus spp CRABAPPLE

Nandina domestica HEAVENLY BAMBOO

Rosa spp ROSE (rosehips)

Sarcococca confusa SWEET BOX

Skimmia japonica

Sorbus aucuparia MOUNTAIN ASH

    S. forestii
    S. hupehensis
    S. hupehensis 'Pink Pagoda'
    S. prattii

Stranvaesia davidiana

    S. davidiana var. undulata

Symphoriarpos alba SNOWBERRY (Northwest native)

Vaccinium ovatum EVERGREEN HUCKLEBERRY (Northwest native)

Viburnum trilobum HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY

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