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Eliza Waters 
Pingback: Silent Sunday – Winterberry | Purplerays
Winterberry… and a robin! This is lovely, Eliza!
Thank you, Dale. The birds love these berries. 🙂
Very nice.
Thank you!
Gorgeous!
Thank you, Alys!
That’s a spectacular show! Such a great shrub.
Yes, it is so pretty to see that red this time of year. Thanks, Allison!
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Oh wow! Love this ❤️
Thank you, Isha! x
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Beautiful bright berries against the mist!
Thank you, Anne!
Bumper crop of Winterberry this year. It’s everywhere. Nice lush bush, Eliza!
Thank you, Steve. I want to plant more come spring. So nice to see those red berries this time of year, and the birds love them.
A bird banquet and a beautiful sight for us humans.
Yes, they are! Thanks, Alice.
Beautiful! My branches are bare, but I certainly enjoyed them while they were available. I like your header shot too.
Thank you, Judy. Once the birds find them, it is a race to see if the berries make it to Christmas. We just might make it this year. 🙂
So beautiful! I must get one of these. Do you find the birds eat them? The berries seem to last so I wonder if it’s a preferred food or not.
Thank you, I love and recommend this plant. The birds will eat every berry before the month is out. Even those that fall on the ground are munched by critters. You have to have one male within 20′ to pollinate. I’d get several females to put on your bank in front of the birches… they like soggy feet, too. 🙂
Good idea. I have one down by the road, but it would be nice to see some from the house.
Love ’em! It’s been a good year for winterberry.
Yes, the birds are happy!
The birds must love these gorgeous berries!
They have been steadily chowing down by the day. They rarely remain past Christmas most years. Mice got the ones I put in my window box!
And the moon!
🙂 Thanks!
Much prettier than the crab apple in our cul-de-sac circle. But, it is laden with fruit that will get eaten.
Winter fruits are relished by several bird species here and these berries will be probably gone in a few more weeks. Happy to share. 🙂
Wow!
🙂 Thanks, Ellen!
Merry Christmas Eliza!
Thank you, Cindy – the same to you and yours!
winged inebriants fly into glass
so often it came to pass
Love it. They’re having a good year here in Pa as well, but the mist really sets yours off perfectly!
Thank you, Frank! I love the pop of red in the landscape.
Beautiful, Eliza! Different season, different beauty. Nature always has a wonder, doesn’t it?
She sure does, thanks much!
In central Texas we have a closely related species that is also a fruitful delight at the turning of the year. What nature photographer wouldn’t pursue such a bright red in otherwise drab woods?
Yes, it is definitely eye-catching during these short, dark days.
What a wonderful crop of berries Eliza! 🧡
Thank you, Xenia! The birds are going to feast. 🙂
Very Christmasy – is there such a word ?? Well, you know what I mean!
MJ
Thank you, MJ. Yes, ’tis the season!
Very festive
Thank you, Karina. It fits the season well!
Amazing how many berries and such a celebratory colour too, and providing a feast for the birds and other critters!
Yes, it puts on quite the show and the birds will happily devour every berry before too long. 🙂
It glows!
🙂 Thanks, Kris. Brightest thing in our landscape these days!
Beautiful berries, ready for the birds. Great shot, Eliza!
Thanks, Tina. I’m surprised there are still berries left… last year they were gone well before Christmas.
Very bright! Which bird species visit this bush?
Thank you, Adele. Most popular with American robins, bluebirds, cedar waxwings. A flock of waxwings can finish these off in a matter of hours and then be gone in a flash.
Ooh, I love these, Eliza. Lovely image with the foggy woods. Happy, happy holidays to you and yours! 🙂
Thank you, Jane, and the same back to you! ❤
I’d not heard of winterberry, but as soon as I saw it, I thought “Possumhaw!” Well, yes and no. Our possumhaw is Ilex decidua and once it loses its leaves, it looks almost exactly like this. It seems that your berries might be a little thicker than on ours, but of course that could be due to any number of external factors.
Yes, there are similarities. This one likes a lot of moisture, so do better when there is ample rainfall or they grow in wetter soils. This year we had good rain thankfully.
Beautiful seasonal colour Eliza. 😃 I must look into Winterberry, as I have a lack of berries that last until Christmas!
Thank you, Cathy. It is always my hope that the berries will make it to Christmas, but I can’t begrudge the birds if they eat them all up earlier. This year I might just make it. 🙂
Beautiful, Eliza! And you caught a robin, too. I love Winterberry. I don’t know why we haven’t planted any. I should remedy that. 🙂
Thank you, Robin! It is a great plant for birds and the berries are pretty this time of year. Your pond area would be ideal, they like wet feet. 🙂
Bird food banquet! So pretty in the winter landscape…
Indeed… do you have many of these shrubs in your swampy areas?
Love this beautiful scene! Winter beauty.
Thank you, Michele! Wishing you a wonderful holiday week. x
I love this pop of colour among the more muted shades!
Thank you, Belinda. Winterberry is just the welcome color we crave this time of year. 🙂
Lovely! I have intended to add more berry-producers to my garden. I’ll keep winterberry in mind.
Thank you, Susie. There now are several smaller cultivars that would fit your garden perfectly.
Really calming 😉
Thank you, glad you found it so. 🙂
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They are such brighteners for the winter season, so pretty! I see a bonus American Robin down in the bottom right of the tree, already eyeing those berries. 🙂
Thank you, Donna. There was a robin feasting this morning, which was nice to see. I wonder how they manage to survive this far north, but they do!
In past few weeks in the mornings, I’ve had flocks of robins following starlings in to our juniper trees, but the starlings are so chaotic, they scare the robins away to the higher oaks to watch the frenzy, lol.
Nothing like red berries to add color to a winter scene. That’s a nice big bush!
Thank you, Denise, I love that shot of red at this bleak time of year. I planted this at least a dozen years ago and it is close to mature height. I need more, maybe next spring I’ll add a couple new ones. The birds love them, too.
I love the red berries against the green backdrop of trees. I always love that sight here too .
Thank you, Alison. A pop of red in the winter landscape is always welcome. 🙂