http://blog.behnkes.com/by-golly-it%e2%80%99s-a-holly.html Known For Quality Plants Since 1930 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blog.behnkes.com/by-golly-it%e2%80%99s-a-holly.html/comment-page-1#comment-7307 Anonymous Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:35:56 +0000 http://blog.behnkes.com/?p=1814#comment-7307 My winterberry produces berries in late July then by September it is bare. Please help! My winterberry produces berries in late July then by September it is bare. Please help!

]]> http://blog.behnkes.com/by-golly-it%e2%80%99s-a-holly.html/comment-page-1#comment-5054 Natalie Brewer Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:58:18 +0000 http://blog.behnkes.com/?p=1814#comment-5054 Thanks for taking the time to read the article. It is possible that the birds are eating the berries. Especially if you don't see any evidence of the berries, such as shriveled berries on the branches or on the ground. Usually birds do not eat the berries until later in the winter, however, I have seen Mockingbirds eating the berries off a shrub I still had in a pot and hadn't even planted yet! One thing you can try is to add more winterberry shrubs or other native shrubs with berries to your yard, so that if birds do eat some, you have a chance that the birds do not eat all of them right away. You can also try to offer an alternative food to the birds. For instance, Mockingbirds love mealworms. Local wild bird stores carry mealworms and they are a favorite of Eastern bluebirds, Chickadees and Tufted titmice as well. Let me know if any of these suggestions work for you! Thanks for taking the time to read the article. It is possible that the birds are eating the berries. Especially if you don’t see any evidence of the berries, such as shriveled berries on the branches or on the ground. Usually birds do not eat the berries until later in the winter, however, I have seen Mockingbirds eating the berries off a shrub I still had in a pot and hadn’t even planted yet! One thing you can try is to add more winterberry shrubs or other native shrubs with berries to your yard, so that if birds do eat some, you have a chance that the birds do not eat all of them right away. You can also try to offer an alternative food to the birds. For instance, Mockingbirds love mealworms. Local wild bird stores carry mealworms and they are a favorite of Eastern bluebirds, Chickadees and Tufted titmice as well. Let me know if any of these suggestions work for you!

]]> http://blog.behnkes.com/by-golly-it%e2%80%99s-a-holly.html/comment-page-1#comment-5030 Mary Lou Berres Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:22:28 +0000 http://blog.behnkes.com/?p=1814#comment-5030 Love this article on the winterberry. I have experienced every stage of the winterberry...I do have the right match of male pollinator....I see the berries forming each summer...but by the time it drops it leaves at first frost...the berries have disappeared without turning red. Are the birds eating them before they are ripe? Love this article on the winterberry. I have experienced every stage of the winterberry…I do have the right match of male pollinator….I see the berries forming each summer…but by the time it drops it leaves at first frost…the berries have disappeared without turning red. Are the birds eating them before they are ripe?

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