A few years ago, I wrote a column on the keys to the winter landscape being bones, berries and bark. The bones, of course, are evergreen plants; berries are like nature’s winter baubles; and ...

They said the plant’s red berries symbolized drops of blood. In the English Midlands, a superstition dictates that one should not bring holly into the house until Christmas Eve. In Scandinavia ...

“The grass can grow so quickly,” McCauley said ... blooms and between native and invasive species in the long run. Red berries hang from a madrone tree in Monte Bello Open Space Preserve ...

Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for one of the Triangle’s year-round bird species that eat the berries in large quantities in the wintertime. Scott Zona ...

So, when I had the opportunity to try some Berry Box shrubs for this Christmas season, I jumped at the opportunity. Since we associate beautiful red berries with Christmas, I was already dreaming ...