A number of years ago, I worked in Washington, D.C. as a lobbyist and in government relations for the American Nursery and Landscape Association, now known as American Hort. We ...

As the forest turns to gold and the days grow shorter, something wild — and sweet — is happening in the understory. The berry bushes are heavy, the apples are ripe, and the winterberry is bright red.

Just having winterberry in your garden helps to strengthen the local ecosystem. Winterberry are a dioecious plant group, meaning that there are female plants and male plants. (Monoecious plants have ...