JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Monday, the Mississippi Department of Health reported 14 new human West Nile virus cases, including one in Yazoo County. Eight cases of WNV have been reported in Yazoo County so far this year.

Across the state, a record 200 cases of West Nile virus and five deaths have been reported this year.

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Monday, the Mississippi Department of Health reported 26 new West Nile virus cases, including one in Yazoo County.

A total of  four cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Yazoo County this year.

So far this year, 140 cases of West Nile virus and four deaths have been reported in the state.

By Gary R. Bachman

MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

When the weather outside is frightful and nothing is blooming, gardeners must rely on plant features other than flowers for color.

Plants that produce colorful berries can enhance the winter landscape. Mississippi gardeners are lucky because we have some real beauties to help shake up the winter landscape.

Pyracantha is a popular landscape plant that seems to drip with large numbers of orange to red berries hanging in heavy clusters.