Trees with Berries and Seedpods Add Winter Interest... and the Birds Love 'Em

Trees like Magnolia grandiflora, Paperbark maple, Deodar cedar, and Foster holly give you an excuse to go out into your yard and collect a few branches or berries for decorations. Also, you will be attracting wildlife, especially birds, to your backyard.

Some trees such as hollies require that you have both a male and a female tree so be sure to ask a nurseryman when you buy them. Service berry and Winterberry may also be considered bushes. Pictured above is the deciduous holly which can also be considered a bush.

Below is a partial list of some of the best trees with great pods and berries.

• Possum haw (Ilex decidua) Winter
• Flowering crabapples (Malus hybrids) Fall
• American holly (Ilex opaca) Winter
• Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) Winter
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) Fall
• Sumacs (Rhus spp.) Fall
• Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) Summer
• Foster holly (Ilex Xattenuata 'Fosteri') Winter
• Savannah holly (Ilex Xattenuata 'Savannah') Winter
• Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) Winter
• Lutster-leaf holly (Ilex latifolia Winter
• Weeping yaupon (Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula') Winter
• Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) Summer
• Kousa dogwood (Cornus Kousa) Fall
• Hawthorns (Crataigus spp.) Fall
• Korean mountain ash (Sorbus alnifolia) Fall