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Shepherdia: buffalo berries; Shepherdia argentea: silver buffalo berry Elaeagnaceae (oleaster family) Ericaceae: heather family; Arbutus: arbutus trees; Arbutus menziesii: arbutus; madrone Ericaceae (heath family) 361 Arbutus unedo: strawberry-tree Ericaceae (heath family) Clethra: pepperbush; Clethra accuminata: sweet pepperbush Ericaceae ...
The tart fruit is commonly consumed fresh, however it can also be used to prepare foods such as jams and jellies. [6] [22] Many animals consume the wild berries as a part of their diet, while smaller animals can use the plant as shelter. [6] [23] Multiple parts of the Viburnum edule plant have been used in herbal medicine.
Photinias are very popular ornamental shrubs, grown for their fruit and foliage. Numerous hybrids and cultivars are available; several of the cultivars are selected for their strikingly bright red young leaves in spring and summer. The most widely planted are: Photinia × fraseri (P. glabra × P. serratifolia) - red tip photinia, Christmas ...
Chokeberry. A cultivar of another native shrub that is grown for its berries is Iroquois Black Beauty Black Chokeberry ‘Morton' (Aronia melanocarpa). Gardeners use it as a landscape plant as well.
It is a shrub growing to 1–2 metres (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) tall. The leaves are in opposite pairs, 5–10 centimetres (2–4 in) long and broad, three- to five-lobed, the lobes with a serrated margin, and the leaf surface has a fuzzy texture. There is a diverse manifestation of autumn color with this species from pale yellow to ...
Several species of Berberis are popular garden shrubs, grown for such features as ornamental leaves, yellow flowers, or red or blue-black berries. Numerous cultivars and hybrids have been selected for garden use. Low-growing Berberis plants are also commonly planted as pedestrian barriers. Taller-growing species are valued for crime prevention ...
The young plants are sensitive to drought stress, so proper watering should be guaranteed. At the beginning the plant needs to put its energy into vegetative growth, therefore it helps to remove flower buds. In order to achieve a balanced fruit quality in the long term, the plant, which grows as a shrub, should be trimmed regularly. Furthermore ...
Many junipers (e.g. J. chinensis, J. virginiana) have two types of leaves; seedlings and some twigs of older trees have needle-like leaves 5–25 mm (3 ⁄ 16 –1 in) long, on mature plants the leaves are overlapping like (mostly) tiny scales, measuring 2–4 mm (3 ⁄ 32 – 5 ⁄ 32 in). When juvenile foliage occurs on mature plants, it is ...