Justfolk's photos with the keyword: Symphoricarpos albus

As winter creeps in on us, more winter birds are showing up at our feeder. The mobs of goldfinches have been here for a few days (a few stragglers were here all summer). Today, with the mobs came two purple finches -- both female, so there's no sign of purple on them. Besides eating the seed in the feeder, they like the white berries of the waxball hedge.

The waxball is probably the most common hedge-like bush in this town, largely because it has so completely naturalised itself here. It easily finds places to grow andit grows well. And it serves well the wasps and bees that are around in late August when it is blooming.