SEMSGARDEN
October 5, 2024

8 decorative berry bushes for birds

In the front of the trees in autumn tones, spectacular fruit-bearing bodies hanging like lanterns play on streamers.

In flower beds, thickets, hedges, or isolated on the lawn, trees or shrubs with berries and fruits are placed in your garden. Thanks to the latest types, you will be able to appreciate the eclectic palette of berries, fruits, and multi-colored drupes hanging on branches like precious stones to the very heart of winter. As for the decorative apple trees, of which there are so many, they are also invaluable for pollination in the garden and, thus, for excellent harvests.

Viburnum, oleander, flounder, and callikarp

Viburnums are full of fruiting species, like the blueberries of Viburnums and David oleander, those of pink “Pink Beauty”, and yellow of Xanthocarpum snowballs or red of many other choices, Burning bush and cotoneaster are also rich in fruit forms. At the foot of large shrubs, pink or white symphorines, callicarpas with turquoise berries, sacred bamboos with an Asian profile, pheasant trees, and generous tasty berries with a caramel smell are preferred. By installing these woody plants, you will place the birds, providing the best biological balance in the garden. They will save you from unwanted insects.

Malus ‘Nicolas Hennebelle’

The white flowering of the ‘Nicolas Hennebelle’ apple tree is followed by healthy foliage and long-lasting fruit.
Cultivation conditions: the sun / calcareous soil/watering before recovery.
Planting: in autumn or winter, for subjects with bare roots.
Care: possible balance sizes at the end of winter.
Our advice: it has an effect on its own and is a good pollinator in the orchard.

Snowberry ‘White Edge’

Snowberry ‘White Edge’ candy brightens up autumnal scenes with white.
Cultivation conditions: the sun or in the shade / all soils / Watering before recovery
Planting: in a ball or in a container from autumn to spring.
Care: remove dried twigs.
Our advice: it will be perfect under tall shrubs or trees

Winterberry

Female winterberry plants are prized for their abundant fruiting
Cultivation conditions: partial shade / in humus soil, neutral to acid / sporadic watering
Planting: in a container from November to April.
Care: do not prune it, but rather pick opulent armfuls for Christmas.
Our advice: its original hedges, cut at the end of winter, provide the setting.

Penalty ‘Indian Magic’

The compact habit of the ‘Indian Magic’ apple tree, with orange fruits, makes it suitable for small gardens.
Cultivation conditions: the sun / in calcareous soil/watering before recovery
Planting: with bare roots from November to March.
Care: if necessary, prune this apple tree early in the spring.
Our tip: its shiny leaves are disease resistant.

Penalty ‘Crittenden’

The red fruits of the ‘Crittenden’ apple tree are reminiscent of cherries until winter.
Cultivation conditions: the sun / in calcareous soil/watering before recovery
Planting: with bare roots from November to March.
Care: treat this fruit tree against scab with Bordeaux mixture.
Our advice: preserve its fruits from the greediness of the birds.

Berberis ‘Superba’

The thorny bushes of barberry ‘Superba’ offer fall foliage and scarlet berries.
Cultivation conditions: the sun / all soils except wet / watering before recovery
Planting: in a container from September to May.
Care: powdery mildew can be prevented with sulfur sprays.
Our advice: use barberry as a quickset hedge or defensive fence.

Penalty ‘Countess of Paris’

The ‘Comtesse de Paris’ apple tree explodes into a cloud of pinkish-white flowers, then into original fruit.
Cultivation conditions: the sun / in calcareous soil/watering before recovery
Planting: with bare roots from November to March.
Care: prevent scab by spraying Bordeaux mixture.
Our advice: plant this vigorous tree (H. 6 x spread. 5 m) isolated.

Pyracantha ‘Yellow Sapphire’

The fruits of the opulent burning bush ‘Yellow Saphyr’ take color late.
Cultivation conditions: the sun / in drained soils/watering before recovery
Planting: in a clod from September to April.
Care: prune the hedges at the end of winter, not too short, to obtain good fruiting.
Our advice: this variety is spectacular in isolation or free hedge.