The fruits can be harvested to make delicious crabapple jelly.

Noted for its spectacular fall foliage and very ornamental berries, Euonymus europaeus 'Red Cascade' (Spindle) is a large, vigorous, deciduous shrub that is invaluable in the fall and winter garden. Its foliage of scalloped, oval, dark green leaves turns to a deep, lustrous red. Tiny leaves, oval to spatula-shaped (green or reddish-purple) Sharps spines /thorns Bright red berries (fall) Potential Look-Alikes: none, easy to identify. Locations: Prevalent in the Palos region and some areas of the Calumet region and quickly becoming a problem in other areas.

Mar 24, Dogwood: Found in shady, wooded areas, you can identify a red dogwood berry by the black spot found on one side of it and its yellow center. Barberry: These oval-shaped berries grow on thorny bushes and hang from the twigs like ornaments.

Inside, the berries have two brown seeds. The serviceberry is a deciduous, suckering shrub with an upright appearance. Its four seasons of interest begin mid-spring with fragrant white flowers and lead to small, light green, oval leaves.

Sweet blue berries emerge in early summer, and the leaves turn red and orange during the bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 8 mins. Aug 17, The American holly is a tall tree with dull, dark green leathery leaves with spiny margins and orange to red berries appearing in the fall.

An ideal specimen tree for small gardens, Sorbus alnifolia Korean Mountain Ash is a small, densely-branched, deciduous tree with a long season of interest.

The American holly tree looks like the English holly and is often used for Christmas decorations. The tall holly tree has an open, pyramidal shape.