As seen on my walk with Sue
Nertera Depressa
Also known as Bead Plant and Coral Moss. A tiny, mound-forming plant with bright green minute leaves, rather like a small Thyme with slender creeping stems. In spring the Nertera produces a dusting of tiny greenish-white flowers which, in autumn, give rise to small but stunning, shiny orange berries. Native evergreen.
A lovely close up of this plant. I also wondered if the birds ate the berries. The information I read (quickly) mentioned it wasn't toxic to humans and animals and I didn't see anything about birds.
