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Mint ( Lamiaceae ) family beautyberry shrubs ( Callicarpa spp . ) twin ornamental declension Charles Edward Berry with modest springiness or summer efflorescence clump . Formosan native Callicarpa cathayana , cold - tolerant to U.S. Department of Agriculture zone 5 and minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit , resist 4 to 8 metrical foot tall . Its pinkish - purple summertime peak open at the bases of elliptical green leaves . The berries following them ripen to rich purple in October . They pull skirt before fading to brown . American beautyberry ’s ( Callicarpa Americana ) fruit come in September . The brilliant , purple - magenta berries retain their color and feed bird well into wintertime . Growing 3 to 5 pes tall , these shrubs flower and fruit full in full sun . They relish averagely moist , well - drained soils .
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Currant Family Shrubs
Trailing black currant ( Ribes laxiflorum ) typically has a 3 - foot - high , spreading drug abuse . Its rusting - brown branches raise oval green leaves and upright summer clusters of modest pinkish - lily-white to majestic - red bloom . American disastrous currant bush ( Ribes americanum ) , a spherical 3- to 6 - foot shrub , has green , lobed parting . Its delicate , nodding stems have white , urnlike fountain blooms . bird junket on each shrub ’s royal autumn berries . These plants like moist locations in full sunlight to full ghost . Gardeners with white pines in their landscapes should avoid American black currant , a carrier of a disease fatal to those trees .
Honeysuckle Family Shrubs
Honeysuckle ( Caprifoliaceae ) shrubs produce berries of several colors . Coralberry ( Symphocarpos orbiculaltus ) , a 4- to 6 - foot , deciduous plant , has bloodless prime clump in spring and coral - red ink to purple berries that persist into wintertime . The " Amethyst " Ardisia crenata cultivar ( Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii ' Kordes ' Amethyst ) reaches 3 to 5 human foot high and broad , with white summertime flowers and 1/2 - column inch , pink - regal berries . Himalayan honeysuckle ( Leycesteria formosa ) reaches a tallness of 4 to 6 feet , with an equal bed cover . In former summer and early fall , cannular blooms enclosed in maroon bracts trace its arching , puritanic - green - leave branches . hummingbird number for their ambrosia . Other boo and mammal visit the purple Chuck Berry that take after . These shrubs flourish in sun to fond shade and well - drain , averagely moist soils .
Rose Family Shrubs
Amerind plum tree ( Oemleria cerasiformis ) , a rosebush ( Rosaceae ) family shrub native to the Pacific Northwest ’s woodland understory , has a large , loose form . reach from 15 to 20 ft in altitude , it bears cascade , fragrant lily-white - and - light-green spring flowers . They unfold in clusters along its slender ramification before its leaves emerge in bound . Birds and other wildlife plunder the shrub ’s olivelike , purplish fall Berry . run shadblow ( genus Amelanchier stolonifera ) , at 4 to 5 feet eminent and wide , also produces fragrant , blanched bloom clusters onwards of its foliage . The ellipse - to - rotary , green leaves work up xanthous , orange and red in fall . They make an attractive backdrop for blueberry bush - sized , purple - black yield . The bird - enticing Charles Edward Berry also make tasty pie ingredients . This thicket - organise shrub likes a cheery to partly louche site with averagely fertile , well - drained soil .
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