Winterberry Holly

Winterberry Holly is very popular shrub in USA. It grows up to 4.5m (15 feet) height and 3m (10 feet) width. Even though this shrub prefers to be planted in wet land area, it can grow in regular yard area, too. You can enjoy beautiful red (sometimes orange) berries in winter season.

Leaves of Evergreen Maple

Evergreen Maple is something strange sound. This is one of few evergreen maple leaves. The origin of this maple is China. This maple grows a little bit slowly up to 9m (30feet) height and width and if planted in warm climate area, the leaves of this tree keep green even in winter season.

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.

Berries of Myrtle Leaf Holly

Myrtle Leaf Holly grows up to 7.5m (25 feet). This shrub prefers moist soil. And this shrub (tree) has berries in fall to winter season on female tree and sometime they are used as Christmas decoration. The color berries are sometime yellow or orange.

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.

Nepal Holly

Nepal Holly is an evergreen shrub or tree. It grows up to 9m (30 feet). Nepal Holly is popular tree in Japan, Korea and China and we often use this holly as garden tree because the red berries are beautiful in winter season.

White Camellia Flower

This is white Japanese Camellia flower. Camellia is valuable tree because it has flowers in winter season when we have only a few flowers.

In Japan, Camellia flowers are loved by birds such as “Hiyodori” and “Mejio”. These birds love the nectar of the flower and these birds help Camellia pollination.

Red Berries of China Girl Holly

This photo is China Girl Holly so this holly tree is female. To have berries like this photo, you need to plant China Boy Holly if you want to plant this tree and enjoy its red berries in winter season.