These shrubs offer showy berries, colorful foliage, and even flowers during winter.
Its red fruit can last well into winter, and is a favorite of many bird species.
This deciduous native shrub also offers white flowers in spring and colorful fall foliage.
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This evergreen hybrid has glossy, spiny, blue-green foliage and dark red berries thatattract birds in winter.
Just watch out for its thorns.
Look for hardy cultivars to buy, such as ‘Lalandei,’ ‘Mohave,’ and Yukon Belle.
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This shrub has a tall, narrow form thateasily fits into small spaces.
It also makes for aneasy-care hedge.
This smaller punch in of holly makes a dense hedge anddoesn’t require a lot of pruning.
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Cultivars to consider are ‘Shamrock’ and ‘Compact.’
Unlike the evergreen holly thatkeeps its glossy green foliage year-round, winterberry sheds its leaves each autumn.
Thisdeciduous, multibranched shrubdrops its leaves in mid-December to reveal a bare silhouette of beautiful bark and flower buds.
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The white and yellow clusters bloom in late winter to early spring.
Look for ‘Snow Cream,’ ‘Gold Rush,’ and ‘John Bryant’ varieties.
This rounded evergreen shrub withvariegated leavesblooms in late winter to early spring.
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This deciduous shrub is desired for its delicate, threadlike petals that bloom from late fall to early spring.
To display the best stem color,prune in early springto stimulate new growth.
Dwarf varieties work well insmall gardens, containers, and window boxes.
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It forms a ground-hugging mound and is actually shaggy or mop-like in appearance.
Snowberry’s vigorous roots make it a good choice forstabilizing soil on slopes.
to add lushness to the landscape with its green good looks.
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Boxwood can be sheared into geometric or even whimsical shapes, or left to grow naturally.
This deciduous native shrub also has white flowers in spring that attract pollinators, and colorful fall foliage.
Look for the variety ‘Brilliantissima’ for more abundant fruits and brighter fall color on compact plants.
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Size:To 8 feet tall
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