BY Adrian Higgins/The Washington PostIt may come as a surprise to many people that there are hollies that not only drop their leaves in advance of winter but become stunning landscape plants in ...

Winterberry bushes will add a pop of wintertime color to your garden. But if you want your bushes to bear fruit, ... It’s the winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata). Native to wetlands and moist soils ...

The possumhaw holly, Ilex decidua, is valued for its smooth gray bark texture and fruiting habit, but it is too big and perhaps too coarse for the small home garden. Warren's Red is a classic ...

Lanky winterberry hollies can be made to grow somewhat denser by pruning, but some varieties just naturally grow more compact and dense than others. Sunlight makes a difference as well.

Of this 400, only 15 species are native to North America, and while we tend to think of hollies as having evergreen, spine-studded leaves, winterberry and many other hollies don’t.

Of this 400 only 15 species are native to North America, and while we tend to think of hollies as having evergreen, spine-studded leaves, winterberry and many other hollies don’t.

The berries of shrubs such as winterberry and mountain holly provide snacks for animals and uplifting color for humans. Holly comes to the forefront of the landscape at this time of the year ...

Perhaps one of the most common of these questions is ‘Y’all have any holly bushes?’ Amy Dixon: Winterberry holly offers a pop of color this season Skip to main content Skip to main content ...