What Kind of Plant Has Red Berries & Slender Green Leaves?

Types

• The types of plants with slender green leaves and red berries include a deciduous shrub called heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica), a native of Asian nations such as Japan and India. Another plant fitting this description is the eastern wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus), a shrub of eastern North America. The Chinese shrub called tea viburnum (Viburnum setigerum) also has thin leaves and yields red berries.

Size

• Heavenly bamboo grows to 8 feet, featuring compound leaves with thin leaflets up to 3 inches in length. The eastern wahoo sometimes grows to the size of a small tree at 20 feet; its green leaves are as long as 5 inches. Tea viburnum grows to 8 feet, with pointy lance-shaped leaves between 3 and 5 inches long.

Uses

• Eastern wahoo works well as a privacy screen, hedge or plant to attract birds, since they will eat its fruit. Tea viburnum and heavenly bamboo both are suitable species for mass plantings and for shrub borders. Tea viburnum's ability to grow in wet areas promotes its usage around ponds and in water gardens.