A trio of vining natives: weeds or desirable plants? I once heard a fellow Master Gardener Volunteer remark that she hated our first candidate, partridge berry (Mitchella repens), which is vine ...

The plant produces twin tiny white blooms in spring, and red berries appear in the fall. Partridge berry is slow to get going, but give it acidic soil, rich in organic materials, and keep it wet ...

Partridge berry, Deer berry, ... These fruits remain on the plant all winter long…and then a new crop of flowers will open next season. ...

Often called partridge berry, squaw berry, or two-eyed berry, Mitchella repens is a common, native plant in North America. It ranges from eastern Canada to Florida, and as far west as Texas. It ...

The genus name Mitchella was given to the partidge berry in the 1700's by the father of the scientific classification system, Carl Linnaeus, for his friend John Mitchell, a physician who developed ...

(Reprinted from the October 26, 2001 Suburban News.) As I started cutting next winter’s wood, I noticed the bright little red berry called a partridge-berry. It’s a little-noticed berry ...

A perfect addition to your indoor Christmas decorations and hardy enough to plant outdoors, the Partridge Berry is a delightful evergreen - and, at just £10.95, it's a must-have this festive ...

The time of year has arrived again when we notice and relish any green plant in the outdoors. Among the mostly brown and green plants in the woods and fields, the few with green leaves remind us th… ...

The berries have since been used as a sweetener and, curiously, an appetite suppressant. Fun facts: Explorer David Douglas took a liking to the shrub and imported it to England in the early 1800s.