Coralberry Beginning to Leaf Out - February 8, 2013

My camera doesn't do these pretty plants justice.  Coralberry is one of the first plants in the Shade Garden, or any of my gardens for that matter, to leaf out.  The leaves are round and bright green.  In the winter they form purple berries along the underside of the branches that the wildlife are very fond of.  Coralberry colonizes by branches that lay down on the ground and take root.