Trees And Shrubs That Have Winter Berries

Bird feeders are not the ideal way to help wild birds endure the winter. Planting shrubs and trees with winter berries is the better idea. Plants with berries in the wintertime are food sources that can sustain the lives of numerous types of small mammals and wild birds.

​Keep reading to learn information about winter berry plants for wildlife.

Plants with Winter Berries  
Liven up your yard in the winter by installing trees and shrubs with winter berries. Tiny fruits deliver a bit of color to winter scenes. At the same time, winter berry bushes and trees offer a dependable, yearly food supply for birds and other critters, regardless if you are around or not.

Fruits are a very crucial source of nutrition for overwintering birds. Even birds that are insectivores in summer, such as waxwings, grouse, quail, woodpeckers, thrashers, robins, mockingbirds, bluebirds, and catbirds, begin eating berries when winter arrives.

Best Winter Berry Plants for Wildlife
Any winter-fruiting plants are important for wildlife during the cold season. Though, your best bets are native winter berry shrubs and trees that naturally grow in your area. Many native winter berry trees and bushes yield incredible amounts of fruit. Once they are established, native trees necessitate little care.

The list of native winter berry plants for wildlife begins with holly. Holly shrubs/trees have brilliant red berries with bright green leaves that usually remain on the tree all year long. Contact a York Tree Care arborist if you feel the branches need pruning.
 
Winterberry is a deciduous holly with an incredible fruit display. Another shrub is the cotoneaster with winter berries loved by the birds. Cotoneaster varieties include both deciduous and evergreen species.
 
Both kinds keep their berries well into the wintertime. Coralberry and beautyberry are two other likely additions to your grouping of winter berry plants for wildlife. Coralberry makes ring-shaped, red berries that pack densely along limbs. Beautyberry changes the tune by generating lots of grape-colored berries.

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