Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

Vivid red winter berries used for Christmas décor and winter food source for songbirds.  Glossy dark green leaves. Grows 5’ – 15’ high and wide at maturity.  Good choice for shadier wet locations, but also thrives in full sun.  All soil types even wet and compacted.  Low pH.

Native to US east of MN and TX up to Nova Scotia
Native Habitat: Swamps, Stream, river banks, Near lakes or ponds

Flowers bloom May – July and Nectar is valuable for insect, special value to honey bees.  Fruit is winter food for birds.

Please note that winterberry plants grow as either male or females plants.  Only the female plants produce berries and one male plant is needed for pollination to produce the berries.  The grower does not separate male and female plants.  So we do not know what mix of male and female plants you will receive.  If you want to be certain you have a male pollinator so you get berries, you can always buy a known male at a nursery and plant it within 50′.

Sun/Partial Sun/Native/Attracts Butterflies/Attracts Birds in winter.

18-24″ bare root seedlings,  5 for $20