Inkberry Holly

Inkberry Holly is popular evergreen shrub in south east area of USA. This shrub is strong and easy to grow in most of any condition and grows 2.4m (8 feet) height and 3m (10feet) width.

Inkberry Holly produces black berries in late fall (I heard they are sometime white) and wild birds eat them during winter season.

Yellow Berries American Holly

American Holly is popular in southern area of US. This evergreen holly grows slowly in dry or wet area up to 15m height and 12m width. Even though the berries of American Holly are told as poisonous for human, many wild birds eat them in winter season. The holly of this picture is yellow berries version.

Yellow Berries of Dahoon Holly

This photo is Dahoon Holly. This holly is popular in the south east area of USA. Dahoon Holly prefers to grow in the wet land area and grows up to 9m (30feet). The berries of this shrub are good food for wild birds during winter season.

Heavenly Bamboo

We call Heavenly Bamboo as “Nanten (南天)”. In Japan we are using whole of this plant as some medicines even though the leaves of this tree contains some toxic substances.

This is very popular shrub and plants in Japan as a garden tree. And the berries of Heavenly Bamboo are very important food for wild birds during winter season in Japan.

Berries of Yaupon Holly

This photo is showing the leaves and berries of Yaupon Holly. Yaupon Holly is an evergreen shrub or tree and grows up to 9m. This shrub (tree) is very common in the area of south-east of USA and often planted as a garden tree. The berries of this shrub are preferred by wild birds so the garden where this shrub is planted attracts them well.