28+ Winterberry Holly Shrub

Offering superior fruit set and retention this native shrub performs in wet areas with good mildew resistance. In other words each individual plant bears only one type of flower.

The Gateway Gardener April 2020 By The Gateway Gardener Issuu

Winterberry holly shrub

The leaves are dark green and elliptical about 2 to 3 inches long. It usually grows in damp areas like swamps thickets and along rivers and ponds. Those that will turn into berries a female plant or those that bear pollen a male plant.

A handsome holly that produces copious amounts of dark red berries when a male is planted nearby. Ilex verticillata winterberry holly or winterberry is our native wetland holly that loses it leaves each autumn. Winterberry is a slow growing shrub with a rounded upright growth habit.

This means that to get a beautiful berry covered winterberry holly. After the leaves have turned yellow they re also known for their great fall colors and fallen off you are left with thousands of brightly colored berries clinging to every stem. This beautiful shrub is all the showier because its lack of winter leaves makes its berry display all the brighter.

Berries add color to the fall and winter landscape and in floral arrangements. Winterberry holly is dioecious dye oh ee shus greek for two houses. Ilex verticillata commonly known as winterberry holly is a north american native shrub that loses its leaves each fall.

Winterberry holly ilex verticillata is a slow growing holly bush variety native to north america. It typically grows 3 to 15 feet tall and readily suckers to form large thickets. It gets its name from the christmas red berries that develop from fertilized flowers and stay on the bare bush stems much of the winter.

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