While the summer garden brings buzzing pollinator activity and vibrant blooms, there's something so magical about fall and winter gardens. From bright berries adorning every stem to fiery fall foliage lighting up the landscape, the fall and winter season has so many beautiful elements to appreciate. Here, we'll spotlight some of our favorite native shrubs with interesting foliage, berries, flowers, and more during the fall and winter. Not only do these shrubs look good, but they also attract birds to the garden and provide shelter to native wildlife.

Coralberry is a hardy, deer-resistant, and shade-tolerant flowering shrub that graces your garden with neat little round leaves of a versatile, appealing blue-green hue. In late summer, it develops waxy, little bell-shaped flowers that expand and then turn into bubble-like pink berries for autumn. It's an unusual color, an unusual berry, and sure to get all sorts of attention in the garden - and not just from people: the caterpillars of the snowberry clearwing, a beautiful hummingbird moth, feed on the foliage, and birds love to feast on the berries.

Are you searching for a low-growing native shrub with orange-red fall foliage and lavish berries? Look no further than aronia, otherwise known as chokeberry. The show begins in spring, when the shrub is enveloped in a profusion of fragrant white flowers, attracting a flurry of pollinators, including native bees and Hairstreak butterflies. As the seasons progress, these self-pollinating flowers give way to an abundance of vibrant red berries, adding a splash of color to the landscape and attracting birds.

The unique spherical flowers from buttonbush will charm pollinators and garden-goers alike! After the flowers fade in late summer, they leave behind bright red fruits with seeded nutlets that bring the fall color and feed birds and native wildlife. The glossy foliage keeps it eye-catching beyond its summer bloom time all the way to the first frost. Buttonbush is durable and grows well in moist, even wet soils, making it an excellent choice for boggy areas. Plant on its own as a commanding specimen, or group together as a hedge or backdrop to your pollinator garden.

Summersweet is a native shrub that is filled with fragrance and fabulous fall color! In summer, summersweet is covered in white flower spikes that emit the most delicious scent, attracting bees and swallowtail butterflies in droves. Come fall, its glossy green foliage turns an unforgettable bright yellow, lighting up the landscape. This native shrub is also deer-resistant, shade-tolerant, and grows well in wet soils, making it an excellent choice for adding fall color along streams or in woodland areas with moist soil.