American Winterberry
Common Name: American Winterberry
Scientific Name: Ilex verticillata
Zone: 4 - 7
Height: Up to 12 feet
Size: 12 inch cutting
Anaerobic Tolerance: Low
Also known as: Common Winterberry, Michigan Holly, Deciduous holly
Moderate to slow growing, winterberry is prized for the midwinter splash of bright color from densely packed berries, whose visibility is heightened by the loss of foliage. In wet sites, it will spread to form a dense thicket, while in dry soil it remains a tight shrub. The last native shrub to loose it's leaves here in Zone 4.
Very high on the preference list for deer browse, fruit is heavily used in late winter by song birds. Also forms dense thickets providing wildlife cover.
Rooting hormone: Hormodin 1
This is a --- SPRING DELIVERY --- item, please see the Shipping Dates Page for more information.
Scientific Name: Ilex verticillata
Zone: 4 - 7
Height: Up to 12 feet
Size: 12 inch cutting
Anaerobic Tolerance: Low
Also known as: Common Winterberry, Michigan Holly, Deciduous holly
Moderate to slow growing, winterberry is prized for the midwinter splash of bright color from densely packed berries, whose visibility is heightened by the loss of foliage. In wet sites, it will spread to form a dense thicket, while in dry soil it remains a tight shrub. The last native shrub to loose it's leaves here in Zone 4.
Very high on the preference list for deer browse, fruit is heavily used in late winter by song birds. Also forms dense thickets providing wildlife cover.
Rooting hormone: Hormodin 1
This is a --- SPRING DELIVERY --- item, please see the Shipping Dates Page for more information.