Best-known for its pleasant scent and holiday tradition, the Northern bayberry also is a favorite in winter among birds. This native shrub grows in thickets along the sandy shores of the eastern U.S.

A yellow rumped warbler, one of the birds that eats the berries of northern bayberries - Christopher T Photography/Shutterstock If you're interested in growing shrubs ...

When European settlers first arrived in America, one of the gifts of the land they discovered was the bayberry shrub, growing in profusion along the coast. Necessity may be the proverbial “mother of ...

Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica), is a dense-branching deciduous shrub with an open, rounded shape. Typically growing 6 to 12 feet high, it is frequently wider than it is tall. The ...

When the air turns icy and the trees shed their leaves, most of nature seems to go silent. But listen closely on a crisp winter morning, and you’ll still hear chirps, songs, and the flutter of wings.