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Berry Heavy winterberry produces copious amounts of bright red berries that really shine in the fall and winter landscape. It is a deciduous holly, which means it loses its leaves in fall, but this makes that vivid fruit even showier. The berries can also be cut for use in floral arrangements. To produce berries a male and female plant are both required - use Mr. Poppins winterberry holly as the pollinator. Berries are not edible for humans but are relished by birds after they've softened in mid-winter. Native to North America.
It is best to avoid pruning winterberry hollies, except to remove whole branches for arrangements and decorating. Regular maintenance pruning or cutting back will impact the number of flowers and the quantity of fruit that the plant sets. Little pruning should be required, though very old branches can be removed in early spring if they are no longer producing vigorous growth.
This is a shrub for wet conditions; marsh, bog, streamside, lakeside or low area in the garden that collect lots of moisture. I\"ve seen the native growing abundantly in standing water in northern Ontario.If you try to grow this plant in average garden conditions it will require lots of attention and constant moisture and will not survive even a short period of drought unless it is very well established.This plant needs close to full sun. It will do ok in part shade but anything less and it won't survive.The flowers are insignificant but the folliage is an attractive dark to medium green. The standout feature are the very showy red berries that persist into late fall and early winter. Seeing this shrub loaded with berries after a snowfall is striking; it's an image that belongs on the front of a Christmas card.By late winter the berries lose their colour and start to shrivel. The berries are not edible (I've occasionally seen birds take them, but probably because they've exhausted better options).The shrub is dioecious, so you will not get any decent flowering and berry broduction unless a male pollinator is planted close by (mine are within 20 feet). And be careful, there are many different cultivars of winterberry and you need to get a pollinator that flowers at the same time (and sometimes these aren't easy to find at the garden centre). I planted \"Jim Dandy\" to pollinate both my \"Berry Heavy\" and \"Berry Nice\" varieties. You can find a pollination chart here: -content/uploads/2011/06/Winterberry-pollination.pdf
The Berry Heavy winterberry provides an explosion of beautiful color, with red berries loading its branches in the fall and winter months. This shrub works well for mass plantings, hedges, cutting gardens, wildlife gardens, and natural areas. As this is a female selection, a male pollinator, such as Mr. Poppins Winterberry, is required for berry production.
If given the proper care and room for growth, winterberry holly plants can live up to 100 years.\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Can I grow winterberry plants indoors\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Though they can sometimes be given as gifts around the holiday season, winterberry holly plants are best planted outdoors as soon as possible for the best chance at growth success.\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"What are alternatives to winterberry\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"If you love the look of winterberry holly plants, you can try another type of holly, such as inkberry holly, yaupon holly, or blue princess holly.\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"How can I use this shrub in the landscape\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Winterberry is one of the rare deciduous shrubs that provide good year-round interest in the garden. It is normally planted in masses or groups for shrub borders, as foundation shrubs, in native woodland gardens, or bird gardens. Winterberry is notable for being attractive to a variety of birds and other wildlife.The berry-laden branches of Ilex verticillata are prized by arts and crafts enthusiasts for use in such items as floral arrangements, winter window boxes, wreaths, and kissing balls.\"}}]}]}] .icon-garden-review-1{fill:#b1dede}.icon-garden-review-2{fill:none;stroke:#01727a;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round} > buttonbuttonThe Spruce The Spruce's Instagram The Spruce's TikTok The Spruce's Pinterest The Spruce's Facebook NewslettersClose search formOpen search formSearch DecorRoom DesignDecoratingDesign StylesSmall SpacesFeng Shui See all GardenPlants A to ZHouseplantsLandscapingPests & ProblemsWild BirdsIn the Weeds With Plant PeopleThe Spruce Gardening Review Board See all Home ImprovementSkills & SpecialtiesPaintingKitchenBathroomInterior RemodelExteriorsOutdoor BuildingHome ServicesGreen ImprovementsThe Spruce Home Improvement Review Board See all CleaningCleaningOrganizingLaundryPest ControlThe Spruce Cleaning Review Board See all CelebrationsEvents & PartiesEtiquette & AdviceBirthdaysGraduations See all What to BuyHow We Test ProductsBeddingFurnitureVacuumsBest GiftsCleaning Products See all NewsHome TrendsBrands & CollectionsSales & DealsHouse ToursPerspectives\"One Thing\" Video SeriesIn the Weeds With Plant People See all About UsEditorial PolicyProduct TestingDiversity & InclusionGardening Review BoardHome Improvement Review BoardCleaning Review Board See all Learn tips for creating your most beautiful home and garden ever.Subscribe The Spruce's Instagram The Spruce's TikTok The Spruce's Pinterest The Spruce's Facebook About UsNewsletterPress and MediaContact UsEditorial GuidelinesGardeningPlants & FlowersShrubsHow to Grow and Care for Winterberry HollyBy
Winterberry Holly plants, sometimes called Red Winterberry, are beginning to find their way into the American landscape due to the bright red berries that are true standouts in the winter garden. Winterberries are deciduous holly plants, meaning that, unlike other hollies, they lose their leaves in the winter, and this is actually what makes the plants so desirable. When the leaves fall, the real treasure of this plant is exposed. Plump, Bright red berries line the top of the branched stems bringing a truly festive appeal to the landscape.
Winterberry or Ilex verticillata is a North American Native shrub typically growing wild around the eastern United States. In the wild, they can reach heights of 10 to 12 feet tall. Like other members of the holly family, they are branches are often used as decorations during the holiday season and can be found sold in bunches. During the spring and summer months, the leaves are dark green. In the spring, small white flowers appear and, if adequately pollinated, will produce a dense crop of berries in late summer and fall. During the summer, the berries are typically hidden by the foliage.
Because the flowers and berries appear on new growth each year, winterberry holly plants should be pruned in early spring before the new growth appears. If you decide to cut the branches in the winter for decoration, your pruning is already done for next year. Winterberry branches can be costly to purchase during the holiday season. This is a plant that will pay for itself in money saved during the holidays.
You must plant both male and female winterberry plants to get the best berry set on your winterberry hollies. Male plants will never develop berries, so they aren't very showy in the winter. Typically one male Winterberry will pollinate between 5 to 8 female winterberries. The two types can be planted anywhere within about 40 to 50 feet of one another. This allows the showy females to be planted where they can be seen through the year, and the male plant can be planted in a less conspicuous area of the Garden.
The truth is there is much overlap in the bloom times between male pollinators and female berry producers. For instance, Jim Dandy Male Holly blooms about the same time Red Spite and Sparkleberry female hollies. Jim Dandy Male Holly blooms about the same time as Winter Red female holly and therefore is the pollinator of choice.
Winterberry hollies are a special type of food source for birds. Holly berries are not usually eaten by birds until very late in the winter. This allows the gardener to enjoy the \"fruits of their labor\" well into the late winter. The reason for this is that holly berries are generally too hard and bitter until they have gone through a few freezes.
Ilex Verticillata is the scientific name for a WInterberry shrub, which belongs to the Holly family. It is also commonly referred to as Canada Holly, common Winterberry, black-alder, swamp holly, Michigan holly, and northern holly.
Winterberry holly is native to the entire eastern half of North America. It can be found growing from Nova Scotia to Florida in bogs, swamps, damp thickets, low areas, and along ponds and streams. In wet sites in the wild, it may form large thickets or colonies from suckers. In dry soil, it remains a tight shrub. In the ornamental landscape, this holly prefers average to moist soil, but thrives in a wide range of soil types and conditions.
Winterberry hollies are dioecious. In other words, the shrubs are either male or female. Both male and female plants produce flowers, but only fertilized flowers on female winterberry shrubs produce berries. The flowers appear either singly or in small clusters along the stems. Each blossom has a green ovule in the center. Flowers on male winterberries appear in large clusters with several prominent yellow anthers protruding from the center of each blossom. 59ce067264