My deer eat them. It took me 18 years to find the right plants that Deer won't eat and i will say this at least 50% of plants i bought that said the Deer won't eat them was not true the Deer ate them. Great video explaining the difference between male and female with pictures!
Ornamental grasses are my favorite for winter interest. They add so much to a space year round. Love the look of this winter berry - will definitely be looking into them now!
I didn't realize the winterberries were bog plants. Thanks for sharing that critical piece of info. I was eyeing them for a drier, full sun exposure area in my garden.
My friends parents have those, it's as you said 15' tall and wide, it's loaded with berries. I have a white flowering Crape Myrtle that has peeling bark, I just love it. My mother planted it in the late 80's, it's ginormous with sprawling branches, I guess it's 25' tall and around 20' wide now, it's certainly makes a statement in the back yard.
watched a few videos about the dioescious male and female plants. You're the FIRST one to mention the different blooms!🤯 it goes to show your tremendous knowledge! thank you for sharing it! I got a viburmun and was so excited to add a native and have berries for the birds... well I won't have that because I only bought one. so yes! nurseries should make a sign for that. I do find that many people at the nurseries honestly don't have that much knowledge which is disappointing. specially when you're trying to plan every square inch of your garden! no matter how small or big of a space you got ☺️
My Berry Heavy gold and red are beautiful now in upstate NY zone 5b. As are my Early Amethyst beauty berry and pink coral berry. The red twig dogwood are also beautiful in the winter here. Thank you for providing so much valuable gardening information. I love when you capture the birds in your videos.
Loving the way your garden is looking, Danielle! And winter interest is so important here in the northeast! And you're so right, now is a great time to visit your local nursery. With any luck, the plant you want will be on sale 🤞👩🌾💚
This is great Danielle! Love Winterberries! I have Little Goblin and Mr. Poppins too. Just talked to my local nursery about getting a Berry Poppins. I totally agree that it would be nice if nurseries had a sign saying you need male and female. I need to check out the nursery you talked about, haven’t been to that one yet! And...the birds and beautiful music (I’m guessing your mom’s arrangement) is beautiful 💚👩🏼🌾
This video is extremely timely and helpful! Two years ago we purchased a male and female at our local nursery. Last year there were berries but they turned white powdery and disappeared. When you punctured them they bled red juice. This year the foliage is healthy but I don’t see any berries. So frustrating! Can’t imagine what the problem is as the male is only 10 feet away. I would love to see a video this winter of your garden area so that I can find out what nine bark looks like through the winter as I am considering adding that to our garden.
Great video about winter interest! It’s time to think about that this time of year. (I’m in southeastern Pa) I’m about 35 mins from that nursery, I may make a drive out to it to check it out! I also love your flower arrangements- just beautiful! It was also lovely seeing a monarch butterfly fly across the screen! Thx for sharing, have a great day!🪴🌿🌳🌻☀️
Lovely informative video, as always. What is that lovely evergreen 🌲 tree behind you in the closing shot? It’s so so beautiful! Looks more full but similar to my Norfolk pine that I overwinter indoors zone 5.
I have a row of green barberry plants along my driveway. They are beautiful plants! In the fall the leaves turn colors like a Vermont sugar maple tree. They also get bright red berries that will stay on the bushes for over a month or until the birds finish them off. They are a beautiful contrast to snow that build up around them. I got these green barberry plants as volunteers under my red barberry plant many years ago. I don't know the genetics, but a red barberry seed only produces green barberry plants. I now have a few volunteers under the green barberry bushes and some are green and some are red. I prefer the green ones and will be relocating some of these this spring. The red ones will be given away to friends. The best thing about barberry bushes is that NOTHING eats them. If an animal bites off a twig, the branch oozes out yellow stuff that must be the worst tasting liquid in the natural world because the animal will immediately drop the end that was bitten off and never try it again. Barberry bushes do have thorns, so one needs to respect their space. It would be a nice plant to put near windows for prowlers if you have such a problem. I just put some winter berry seeds into the refrigerator for stratification. I don't mind a medley of phenotypes that come from seeds and I don't really care that there will 50% males. I like unexpected results and I have a good spot for the seedlings where it stays damp. It will go well with my other natural flowers I have put there. It is my nature section to the yard. Good video!
“Both non-native barberry species are invasive. They have shown up on several states' noxious weed lists and are banned from sale and propagation. They are not recommended plantings for the landscape and should be eradicated when found in natural areas in Ohio”. “This plant can dominate deep in the woods and along woodland edges. This crowds out native plants and disrupts these ecosystems. Research has shown that the presence of the black-legged tick, which transmits Lyme disease, increases in areas with dense barberry.”
I planted Berry Poppins and Jim Dandy in the garden. Jim Dandy is pretty big but very handsome small tree. Personally, I like blue holly more since the glossy evergreen leaves, except sometime the deer really munch on them in the late winter or early spring when the food is very limited. Another my favorite winter berry plants are rugosa rose hips.
You asked for our own winter interest plant so in my zone 6 Northwest garden, the most outstanding and always commented on passer- byes is Pinus Contorta Chief Joseph, zone 5-8. I know you do not have a lot of conifers in your garden but this is a spectacular golden pine that for the most part grows slowly and it's color is only in the winter. A golden beacon through the snow.
I planted heaths, red twig and yellow twig dogwoods for winter interest. For late winter interest I planted salix gracilistyla Mt. Aso, which I am excited to see how it does. I also planted 2 Berry Poppins and 1 Mr. Poppins in 2019. They were tiny quart size plants and I have yet to see berries. I think the first year they were planted in an area that didn’t have enough sun and there was a pest problem. That fall, I potted them back up and gave them good sun and kept them together. They grew bigger and the foliage recovered nicely but still no berries. I think they are still recovering (and perhaps still too young?). Any thoughts?
Hey Danelle, can you do a video explaining tulips? I've only tried growing them once or twice with not alot of success. I'm also confused about the different bloom times and height differences. I want to order some tulips and other bulbs now, to plant them in fall, but I'd like to figure some of these things out first to get the best display... at the right times 👍😄
Thanks for showing little goblin orange! So cheerful! I have a spare Jim Dandy that I’ve had to relocate which I believe will be a compatible pollinator for the goblins :)
very informative. I planted three females, 2 of the same on the smaller size last year. The larger one got berries this year as I planted a male also. Is it possible I need to plant another male for the two smaller ones as they did not get any berries as I thought they all seemed to bloom at the same time. I read that Jim Dandy is good for both early and late bloomers which would cover me? Thanks
(Sorry for the late comment, first of all!) I wondered if it would work to have a Mr. Poppins as the pollinator for a Little Goblin Orange? It sounded like that might be the male-female combination you had, but I wasn't sure. (I am able to pick up a Little Goblin Orange from a local place, but they don't have any of the Little Goblin Guys anymore, and that line seems to be discontinued by PW). I wondered if the Poppins/Goblin combo might work in terms of bloom time, etc.? Thanks!
Those are very pretty Danielle! I have the old fashioned Blue Prince and Princess (all in 1 - not sure what those are called) and another Blue Princess. If I get a Berry Poppins or a Little Goblin (female) would I have to get Mr. Poppins or Little Goblin (male) as well?
We planted our winter berries in the summer. Male and female. No berries this year. Could it be because they are too young or because possibly they weren't together at the nursery before we got them ?
I think in general nurseries should give more information about what they are selling. I bought blueberries and raspberries plants but no information about how long will it take to produce. Now i found out blueberries plants also need male and female bush to bear fruit. I have absolutely no idea what kind of plant I have. Maybe that way, us, first time gardeners will be more successful with our garden.
Good morning Danielle. I live in Chester county and really enjoy your videos as they are so very relatable! Can you provide more info on Hillside acres nursery? Couldn’t locate online and I’m always looking for new nurseries to check out. Thank you
Hi friend! They are amish owned so I don't think they have an online presence. Be sure and bring a check or cash. Here is the address marketplace.finditchesapeake.com/places/view/33454/hillside_acres_nursery.html
I planted a winter berry this spring, but it dried out and died. I’m thinking of planting a Magic Berry Snowberry instead, they’re really pretty for flower arranging too
Our winters tend to be really wet and I don't spend much time in the garden other than to go out on nice days and work the soil - which I actually love doing. That said, the look of mature shrubs pruned high off the ground gives me a great sense of contentment with their bold shapes vertically rising up against the fence backdrop. I find it quite sculptural. On a totally different garden topic. You may remember that I have a lot of dinnerplate dahlias and they are front and centre in a short video I just took of my two pups today. The dahlias look so lush and colourful. If you would like to check it out, I just uploaded it here; ua-cam.com/video/W4sUdHmps6Y/v-deo.html
Your personality is as beautiful as the flowers and plants.
You are as lovely as the flowers. And your videos have a very calm element
My deer eat them. It took me 18 years to find the right plants that Deer won't eat and i will say this at least 50% of plants i bought that said the Deer won't eat them was not true the Deer ate them. Great video explaining the difference between male and female with pictures!
I had no idea they were a bog plant. These would work perfectly in an area of my yard. Thanks!
I always enjoy your beautiful flower arrangements! I had to stop the vlog and go back to admire them! 🌻
Ornamental grasses are my favorite for winter interest. They add so much to a space year round. Love the look of this winter berry - will definitely be looking into them now!
I didn't realize the winterberries were bog plants. Thanks for sharing that critical piece of info. I was eyeing them for a drier, full sun exposure area in my garden.
My friends parents have those, it's as you said 15' tall and wide, it's loaded with berries. I have a white flowering Crape Myrtle that has peeling bark, I just love it. My mother planted it in the late 80's, it's ginormous with sprawling branches, I guess it's 25' tall and around 20' wide now, it's certainly makes a statement in the back yard.
You also make planting shrubs look super easy lol 😆
What wonderful flowers 💐 and a very nice well-kept garden !!
I really like how these look in the snow. ❤
Your videos are always so educational . Thank you ❤
watched a few videos about the dioescious male and female plants. You're the FIRST one to mention the different blooms!🤯 it goes to show your tremendous knowledge! thank you for sharing it!
I got a viburmun and was so excited to add a native and have berries for the birds... well I won't have that because I only bought one. so yes! nurseries should make a sign for that. I do find that many people at the nurseries honestly don't have that much knowledge which is disappointing. specially when you're trying to plan every square inch of your garden! no matter how small or big of a space you got ☺️
My Berry Heavy gold and red are beautiful now in upstate NY zone 5b. As are my Early Amethyst beauty berry and pink coral berry. The red twig dogwood are also beautiful in the winter here. Thank you for providing so much valuable gardening information. I love when you capture the birds in your videos.
I need to get some of these beautiful shrubs Danielle xx
My deer love them!
Such a beautiful addition and great information! Greetings from Michigan! 😊
Thank you Danielle. This is very helpful. I am just getting started looking for winter interests for my backyard garden.
Thank you so much for making this video. I am just thinking about winterberry the other day. This is very helpful. ❤️
Loving the way your garden is looking, Danielle! And winter interest is so important here in the northeast! And you're so right, now is a great time to visit your local nursery. With any luck, the plant you want will be on sale 🤞👩🌾💚
This is great Danielle! Love Winterberries! I have Little Goblin and Mr. Poppins too. Just talked to my local nursery about getting a Berry Poppins. I totally agree that it would be nice if nurseries had a sign saying you need male and female. I need to check out the nursery you talked about, haven’t been to that one yet! And...the birds and beautiful music (I’m guessing your mom’s arrangement) is beautiful 💚👩🏼🌾
This video is extremely timely and helpful! Two years ago we purchased a male and female at our local nursery. Last year there were berries but they turned white powdery and disappeared. When you punctured them they bled red juice. This year the foliage is healthy but I don’t see any berries. So frustrating! Can’t imagine what the problem is as the male is only 10 feet away. I would love to see a video this winter of your garden area so that I can find out what nine bark looks like through the winter as I am considering adding that to our garden.
Thanks so much for this information. I enjoy your videos and I'm quite envious of your landscape! 🌼🌿🌷☘
I just planted two Mrs and one Mr. one Mrs has berries the other doesn’t. Thanks for the info I’ll have to check the blooms in the spring.
What a beautiful video🤗 🍁🍂🍂
My Fav For Winter ❤❤❤
Thanks Danielle...this was very helpful. I planted a proud berry coralberry this spring...I don't think I require a male do I?
I would think the planting tag should explain all the details. The Winter berry is a very beautiful plant.
Great video about winter interest! It’s time to think about that this time of year. (I’m in southeastern Pa) I’m about 35 mins from that nursery, I may make a drive out to it to check it out! I also love your flower arrangements- just beautiful! It was also lovely seeing a monarch butterfly fly across the screen! Thx for sharing, have a great day!🪴🌿🌳🌻☀️
Lovely informative video, as always. What is that lovely evergreen 🌲 tree behind you in the closing shot? It’s so so beautiful! Looks more full but similar to my Norfolk pine that I overwinter indoors zone 5.
So much wonderful and helpful information!
Thanks for the tips👍 so cute 😄
I have a row of green barberry plants along my driveway. They are beautiful plants! In the fall the leaves turn colors like a Vermont sugar maple tree. They also get bright red berries that will stay on the bushes for over a month or until the birds finish them off. They are a beautiful contrast to snow that build up around them. I got these green barberry plants as volunteers under my red barberry plant many years ago. I don't know the genetics, but a red barberry seed only produces green barberry plants.
I now have a few volunteers under the green barberry bushes and some are green and some are red. I prefer the green ones and will be relocating some of these this spring. The red ones will be given away to friends.
The best thing about barberry bushes is that NOTHING eats them. If an animal bites off a twig, the branch oozes out yellow stuff that must be the worst tasting liquid in the natural world because the animal will immediately drop the end that was bitten off and never try it again.
Barberry bushes do have thorns, so one needs to respect their space. It would be a nice plant to put near windows for prowlers if you have such a problem.
I just put some winter berry seeds into the refrigerator for stratification. I don't mind a medley of phenotypes that come from seeds and I don't really care that there will 50% males. I like unexpected results and I have a good spot for the seedlings where it stays damp. It will go well with my other natural flowers I have put there. It is my nature section to the yard.
Good video!
“Both non-native barberry species are invasive. They have shown up on several states' noxious weed lists and are banned from sale and propagation. They are not recommended plantings for the landscape and should be eradicated when found in natural areas in Ohio”.
“This plant can dominate deep in the woods and along woodland edges. This crowds out native plants and disrupts these ecosystems. Research has shown that the presence of the black-legged tick, which transmits Lyme disease, increases in areas with dense barberry.”
This is so interesting…as always. Thanks!
Where did your water can come from? Looks perfect!
I planted Berry Poppins and Jim Dandy in the garden. Jim Dandy is pretty big but very handsome small tree. Personally, I like blue holly more since the glossy evergreen leaves, except sometime the deer really munch on them in the late winter or early spring when the food is very limited. Another my favorite winter berry plants are rugosa rose hips.
Thanks !!!great information 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
You asked for our own winter interest plant so in my zone 6 Northwest garden, the most outstanding and always commented on passer- byes is Pinus Contorta Chief Joseph, zone 5-8. I know you do not have a lot of conifers in your garden but this is a spectacular golden pine that for the most part grows slowly and it's color is only in the winter. A golden beacon through the snow.
Thank you so much for telling me about this wonderful conifer Suzanne! I'll definitely be on the lookout for one!
I planted heaths, red twig and yellow twig dogwoods for winter interest. For late winter interest I planted salix gracilistyla Mt. Aso, which I am excited to see how it does. I also planted 2 Berry Poppins and 1 Mr. Poppins in 2019. They were tiny quart size plants and I have yet to see berries. I think the first year they were planted in an area that didn’t have enough sun and there was a pest problem. That fall, I potted them back up and gave them good sun and kept them together. They grew bigger and the foliage recovered nicely but still no berries. I think they are still recovering (and perhaps still too young?). Any thoughts?
Hey Danelle, can you do a video explaining tulips? I've only tried growing them once or twice with not alot of success. I'm also confused about the different bloom times and height differences. I want to order some tulips and other bulbs now, to plant them in fall, but I'd like to figure some of these things out first to get the best display... at the right times 👍😄
Love your videos!!
Thanks for showing little goblin orange! So cheerful! I have a spare Jim Dandy that I’ve had to relocate which I believe will be a compatible pollinator for the goblins :)
Love it! Thank you so much!
very informative. I planted three females, 2 of the same on the smaller size last year. The larger one got berries this year as I planted a male also. Is it possible I need to plant another male for the two smaller ones as they did not get any berries as I thought they all seemed to bloom at the same time. I read that Jim Dandy is good for both early and late bloomers which would cover me?
Thanks
Very informative, thanks
I love winter berries but my yard is very dry and pretty shaded so I’m not sure they would do so well! 😢
(Sorry for the late comment, first of all!) I wondered if it would work to have a Mr. Poppins as the pollinator for a Little Goblin Orange? It sounded like that might be the male-female combination you had, but I wasn't sure. (I am able to pick up a Little Goblin Orange from a local place, but they don't have any of the Little Goblin Guys anymore, and that line seems to be discontinued by PW). I wondered if the Poppins/Goblin combo might work in terms of bloom time, etc.? Thanks!
What kind of area sun-wise should I plant the Poppins ?
Those are very pretty Danielle! I have the old fashioned Blue Prince and Princess (all in 1 - not sure what those are called) and another Blue Princess. If I get a Berry Poppins or a Little Goblin (female) would I have to get Mr. Poppins or Little Goblin (male) as well?
Great advice
We planted our winter berries in the summer. Male and female. No berries this year. Could it be because they are too young or because possibly they weren't together at the nursery before we got them ?
Danielle, If I live in zone 10B, could I get away planting plants that are good up to zone 9?
Merci
Do I need to protect my Ilex verticillata ‘Winter Red’ stems from bunnies, over winter?
Great video ! いいね！
How is your Little Goblin Winterberry doing? I cannot find her available this year.
I think in general nurseries should give more information about what they are selling. I bought blueberries and raspberries plants but no information about how long will it take to produce. Now i found out blueberries plants also need male and female bush to bear fruit. I have absolutely no idea what kind of plant I have. Maybe that way, us, first time gardeners will be more successful with our garden.
Same bloom time??
The plot thickens
Good morning Danielle. I live in Chester county and really enjoy your videos as they are so very relatable! Can you provide more info on Hillside acres nursery? Couldn’t locate online and I’m always looking for new nurseries to check out. Thank you
Hi friend! They are amish owned so I don't think they have an online presence. Be sure and bring a check or cash. Here is the address marketplace.finditchesapeake.com/places/view/33454/hillside_acres_nursery.html
Beautiful piano. Was it your mom playing?
I planted a winter berry this spring, but it dried out and died. I’m thinking of planting a Magic Berry Snowberry instead, they’re really pretty for flower arranging too
I planted one last spring and it did the same thing. Want to try again cuz Mr Poppins lived
my fav 😍❤️😍❤️😍
👍👍
I have 2 winter berry bushes.
I need MR Berry
any winterberry in Atlanta Area ? 😍😍😍😍
Our winters tend to be really wet and I don't spend much time in the garden other than to go out on nice days and work the soil - which I actually love doing. That said, the look of mature shrubs pruned high off the ground gives me a great sense of contentment with their bold shapes vertically rising up against the fence backdrop. I find it quite sculptural. On a totally different garden topic. You may remember that I have a lot of dinnerplate dahlias and they are front and centre in a short video I just took of my two pups today. The dahlias look so lush and colourful. If you would like to check it out, I just uploaded it here; ua-cam.com/video/W4sUdHmps6Y/v-deo.html
Beaver food.
What about a male plant that identifies as a female plant ? You should address such a important issue. LOL