Evening star., 1938-10-01

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toward giving color TO the shrub bord,
Thus the thoughtful gardener. in !
w4l1 select and plant a few Of these
useful shrubs-shrlIbs whose berries
will shine against the snow or ever
green backgrounds. While most Of the
herried shrubs do not possess particu-
larly snowy flowers. some-sIch as
the 6retborns and viburnums-do have
flower clusters that make a showing
IN the spring Others. such as the hol-
lies, are hardly noticeable but because
OF their good foliage and abundant
crops of berries are worthy of being
more widely planted
humber of the outstanding berried
shrubs are natives of this region and
well adapted to our needs. Among
them the common winterberry CIlex
verticillstal, the shadbrlsh (Amalan-
chier cane6ensisr, the coralherrv
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aGtl acting birds waich Use the bellies
Is food. although there are some
shrubs whose fruit is distasteful to
the birds. Others, such as the bush
honeysuckles. seldom retain their fruit
for more than q few DAYS after it
r,pens-the robins often stripping
lsrge bush in a single dsv Birds sell
dom bother the fr1lits Of the common
hsrberry. the f1retborn or The haw-
thornes. They seem TO relish the fruits
of the oogwoods, the viburnums, espe-
cially the tea v. and others, the beau
ty-berry and the bush honeysuckles.
Some OF the fruits from these shrubs
are useful in the house as winter
bouquets The coralberry. the Euro
pean burning bush, the common win
t%rberry and the bittersWeet vine are
frequently so used.
THE berried shrubs may be had in
almost any size to fit the needs of
the average gardener. Some of the
cotonea sters are SC loW-growing as TO
be useful in the rock garden. while
others make fair sized trees. Some are
evergreen. while many shed their leaves
In the fall There are berried climbers.
Even a choice of color may be made.
Yes. there are white, black. red.
orange. purple. lavender violet and one
with clear blue berries.
Most of the rose species have sttrac-
tive seed pods, or hips as they are
usually called, the rueosas and the
prairie roses being well known for
them.
OF the shade-loving berried shrubs
the following are proba bly, the most
satisfs ctory. Chokeberry tAronia ar
butifolia), spicebush tBenzoin aesti-
vsle>. the dogwoods, hollies, the So
called Ibota privet uigustrum OBJ
tusifolium). Oregon hollygrape Ma
honia aouifolium) bayberry tMyrica
eoro,inensis) jetbead tRhodotypos ker-
rioides,, sumac tRhus glabrs). snow
berry and coralberry Symphoricarpos)
and viburnums- ma nnyberH CV. len
taRoN and arrowood ". dentatum)
Those best adapted to dry places in
elude the barberry, jetbead, coralber-
rr and the privets especially regal.
While for wet places the spicebush.
shadblow. inkberry, winterberry and
the two viburnums arrowood and nan
nyberry are probably the most de-
sirable
One Of the interesting facts about
the berried shrubs is that all of the
species of one family do not have the
same color OF berries For example. the
American holly has bright red berries.
inkberry 1lex glabra has shiny black
fruits and the yaupon H. vomitoria)
has orange-scarIet colored fruits. SIM
tlarlv, the viburnums with red fruits
ere tea ". theiferlmI and highbush
cranberry ~. opulus,; black fruits,
withe-rod and nannvberrv. while the
Wavfsring tree ". lsntana) has p,,r-
ole berries.
NEXT TO the common barberry. the
irethorns are probe bly, as useful as
any Of the showv red-berried shrubs.
The 1aland 1rethorn CPyracantha
Coccinea var. ]alandi) is the hardest