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When people see our winterberry hollies (Ilex verticillata), they’re immediately intrigued. It’s no wonder: these native shrubs are stunningly beautiful at the dreariest time of the year.
Adding color to the winter landscape, Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) is a slow-growing, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub of upright-rounded habit. It produces an abundance of small, inconspicuous, greenish-white flowers in late spring or early summer.
22 Ιαν 2021 · Ilex verticillata, or common winterberry, produces especially showy fruit, offset by the absence of leaves in winter. Near the entrance to the Native Plant Garden, the cultivar ‘Winter Gold’ becomes flush with bright orange fruit which can persist through the season.
The common name refers to the plant’s red berries that mature in the fall, providing winter interest and food for birds and small mammals. Winterberry holly requires moist, acidic soil with good drainage in deep or partial shade, or full sun. It tolerates heat, drought, and soil compaction.
Of the many splendid shrubs and trees that offer color and texture to the winter landscape, Ilex verticillata is guaranteed to ignite your imagination and brighten your spirits. This deciduous member of the holly genus is better known as common winterberry holly.
Ilex verticillata, the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama.
Ilex verticillata. winterberry. Large, suckering, deciduous shrub, growing about 2m tall, with bright green, oval to lance-shaped, toothed leaves, turning yellow in autumn.
