Where in z7 are you and any chance of a pic or two of the area?

tj

In delaware, full sun and it's up agai the side of ranch house. That's one reason would like something about 5 ft. Used to have lilac there when we moved in .I'll try to get pics.

I ha ve seen winterberry (ilex verticillata) used in a similar position very dramatically. The berries stsnd out best against a contrasting backdrop. What color is your house?

I second the winterberry (you'll need a pollinator nearby for berries) - you can get red, orange or yellow berries - and also suggest callicarpa. Beautiful unusual purple berries. And the birds like other berries better so the purple ones last longer lol. There are some smaller viburnum varieties out there as well, and yes, every time I try to choose a viburnum for my garden my head spins! Sooo many choices!

I'm trying a shrub I just heard of last fall (bought one as soon as I read about it!). It's symphoricarpos and it has pink berries. It may be smaller than you'd like, at about 4 feet, but I thought it was so unusual I had to give it a try!

:)

Dee

The house is brick red. I thought about winterberry but that's another head spinner. Was looking at berry poppins but read on here that the birds don't eat them. Iv been looking and going back and fourth between winterberry, viburnum, and serviceberry but can't figure out what to do. I'd like something to fill the space in so I won't have to weed much and something that won't look bla since the neighbors have to look at it.

i’d choose a yellow winterberry or the purple callicarpa. You will need a groundcover as well. Any suugestions out there for one thats low msintenance but pollinstor supporting? How sbout a wild geranium?

kitasei2, perhaps an evergreen groundcover? It would be nice to have something green as an underlaying for the berries in winter. Maybe even common old vinca minor? It would take some minor work in the spring to keep it in the bed but nothing too maintenance heavy. And I think those purple blooms are lovely in spring kind of underrated as an early spring bloomer. And I think the vinca is loose (i.e. not dense) enough that it won't choke the shrubs.

:)

Dee