14 Garden Shrubs with Red Berries - Page 3

Red Beauty Holly

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‘Red Beauty’ holly (Ilex rutzan) is a hybrid and more compact than other holly trees. It has dense leaf growth and makes a nice bushy holly shrub that doesn’t need pruning. This holly has lovely deep green leaves and bright red berries. A male blue holly (like ‘Blue Boy’ or ‘Blue Prince’) makes a good companion for berry production.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 6 to 10
Light: Partial sun to full sun
Mature Size: 6-10 feet tall, 4-5 feet wide
Berries: Edible to birds, mildly toxic to people and pets1

American Holly

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American holly (Ilex opaca) is native to the eastern and south central United States. Like other holly trees, this one produces red berries on the female plants. The ‘Croonenburg’ variety is self-pollinating. The leaves on the American holly are less glossy than those of European holly (Ilex aquifolium).

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9

Light: Partial sun to full sun

Mature Size: 20-60 feet tall

Berries: Edible to birds, mildly toxic to people and pets1

Evergreen Dogwood

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The evergreen dogwood (Cornus capitata) is also sometimes called Himalayan flowering dogwood. It is native to the woodlands of the Himalayas, in China, India, and Pakistan. The white flowers appear in summer and the red berries, which resemble round strawberries, appear in the fall, attracting birds.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 8 to 9, not cold hardy

Light: Full sun to part shade

Mature Size: 20- 40 feet tall

Berries: Edible to birds

Silver Buffaloberry

Silver buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) is a deciduous shrub that is native to the northern and western United States and Canada. Other varieties include Canadian buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) and roundleaf buffaloberry (Shepherdia rotundifolia). This shrub produces bright red tart berries that can be used to make jam or desserts. Bears find them tasty and seek them out to consume before their winter hibernation period.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9

Light: Full sun

Mature Size: 2-8 feet tall

Berries: Edible