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 ...

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 ...

Winterberry Holly. Winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) ... Winterberry holly takes it all in stride and thrives in sun or ...

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 ...

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.

Winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) produces male and female flowers on separate plants. Female plants produce fruit (berries) once they are pollinated by insects (mainly bees); ...

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.

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a type of native holly. This shrub prefers moist, acidic soils and light shade but can tolerate average soils if the soil is not too dry in a partly shaded site.

Winterberry bushes will add a pop of wintertime color to your garden. But if you want your bushes to bear fruit, you'll need to know a few things before you plant If you want your winterberries to ...

“Afterglow”, “Red Sprite” and Gold-fruited Winterberry prefer to mate with “Jim Dandy”.To simplify all this, some nurseries offer patented varieties of Holly grown with one male and ...

Coastal Virginia is fortunate to have several native species of holly; some fit that prickly evergreen stereotype, like American holly (I. opaca), while others […] Skip to content All Sections ...