Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata)

Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata)Estimated Height at Pickup: Use pulldown menu to see available heights. Sexed plants only available during preorders. A deciduous native holly with the red clusters of drupes (berries) hollies are famous for! Berries hold into the winter, and are easy to see on bare winter branches. Summer flowers are insignificant and leaves blacken and fall with the first frost. Perfect for a wet border with fall interest! Only female plants set fruit. Pollination:

Valuable as an insect host

several hundred moth species

sweet nuts

and a few small insects

American filbert

Like it’s native honeysuckle relatives

Plants can be male

but can adjust to landscaping with regular watering

Height: 3'-4'

A tall woodland species of milkweed with unusual flowers

and perhaps too many smaller insects to know

multi-stemmed bush