Colourful Berries
All too often we see colour in the garden only in the flowers, yet for many plants the fruit of all that flower labour is bunches of berries. Red, yellow, orange, purple and blue are on offer and at a time of year when our precious flowers have all but faded away.
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Arbutus unedo
- Large shrub or small tree with attractive brown bark and unusual fruits
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Berberis thunbergii 'Roseglow'
A tough compact deciduous shrub grown for its fabulous red-purple mottled pink and white foliage
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Cornus alba
- Useful hardy shrub grown predominantly for it's bright winter stem colour and grow anywhere attitude.
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Cotoneaster horizontalis
- Extremely versatile ground cover, wall or rockery shrub. Very good for wildlife especially loved by bees.
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Gaultheria mucronata
- One of the very best low level shrubs providing long lasting colour in flower and fruit.
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Pyracantha coccinea
A versatile shrub grown for its wildlife interest, attractive berries and defensive thorns.
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Skimmia japonica
- Shade loving evergreen shrub with long lasting flower buds followed by scented white flowers in spring.
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Taxus baccata
Ornamental tree or excellent dense dark green hedging.
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Tropaeolum speciosum
- A delicate perennial climber best grown through a hedge or large shrub. Bright red flowers are followed by blue berries and complemented by crisp green foliage.
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Viburnum tinus
- Easy care winter flowering shrub suitable for most gardens.