This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
The following plants bear fruit which makes them useful for ornamental planting. The group comprises mainly those species which are better adapted to southern conditions.
Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree
Ardisia crenulata
Scallop-leaved Ardisia
Aucuba japonica Japanese Laurel
Callicarpa americana Beauty Fruit
Celastrus (in variety) Bitter-sweet
Cleyera japonica Himalayan Cleyera
Coriaria japonica Japanese Coriaria
Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood
Cotoneaster (in variety)
Rose Box Cotoneaster francheti
Franchet's Rose Box Cotoneaster frigida
Rose Box Cotoneaster horizontalis
Prostrate Cotoneaster Cotoneaster microphylla
Small-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster simonsi Himalayan Rose Box
Crataegus collina Round-fruited Thorn
Crataegus vailae Vail's Haw
Diospyros virginiana Persimmon
Diospyros kaki Persimmon
Elaeagnus multiflora Gumi
Elaeagnus pungens maculata Yellow-spotted Oleaster
Evonymus bungeanus Bunge's Spindle Tree
Ilex (in variety)
Holly Lonicera (in variety)
Bush Honeysuckle Magnolia grandifiora
Magnolia Magnolia hypoleuca
Chinese Purple Magnolia Magnolia tripetala
Umbrella Tree
Nandina domestica Japanese Nandina
Pyracantha coccinea lalandi Evergreen Thorn
Rosa (in variety)
Native Rose Taxus baccata
English Yew
 
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