Winter Red Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

Brand: GARDENS OY VEY

Color: Red

Features:

• tree-plants & shrub-plants, Holly (Ilex)
• 3 Gallon
• 4 Year plants (30-36' with container)
• Ships with Soil. Maybe winter dormant, no foliage (Picture not representative)
• Cannot ship to California or Hawaii

Details: Who says there is no color in winter, and who needs an evergreen when you have this American Native. 'Winter Red' is a shade tolerant female native holly. It produces loads of bright-red berries on a large plant that grows 6 to 9-feet tall and wide. It does need a husband however or better several girls are happy with one ' Southern Gentleman'. She is certainly the Queen of fruit-plantsing shrub-plants when ranked for ornamental value. From early fall through winter, the branches are covered in bright-red fruit-plants. The fruit-plantsing branches are great for decoration in the garden or in the house. These plants have multibranches, so clipping a few doesn't take away from the appearance of your mature plants. Or leave the branches for the birds since over 40 species of birds are known to eat the fruit-plants, including: bluebirds, brown thrashers, cedar waxwings, flickers, gray catbirds, mockingbirds and robins. The dense branching also provides shelter, cover and nesting spots for birds. Zone 3-9