Green thumbs in cooler climates can enjoy it, too; shell ginger makes a beautiful houseplant. Commonly called snowberry, ghostberry, or waxberry, Symphoricarpos is a genus from the honeysuckle family ...

Coralberry, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, also has winter berries and in summer and fall the leaves are characteristically cut by leafcutter bees for nesting material. Ribes aureum, Buffalo Currant ...

The ‘James Roof’ variety has particularly long tassels. (Photo by Dave Incamas/www.inaturalist.org via Wikimedia Commons) Snowberry (Symphoricarpos_albus) This versatile shrub prefers shady areas, and ...