Ilex verticillata

Winterberry

Aquifoliaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:	Shrub
Size:	to 10 ft tall by to 10 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Red
Phenology:	Deciduous. Blooms spring. Fruits ripen in fall.
Noted for:	Showy fruits

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	In wet places, it can be planted as a specimen plant for winter interest. When it loses its leaves in the fall, just the berries left on the stems create a striking display.
Propagation:	Softwood cuttings started in spring. Seeds of most holly species require 2-3 years of dormancy before they will germinate.
Availability:	Seed
Light:	Full Sun,  Part Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding)
Moisture Tolerance:	Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Clay, Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand
Soil pH:	Acidic

Ecology

Wildlife:	Various bird species eat the fruit.
Insects:	Pollinated by bees.
Native Habitats:	Floodplains, creek swamps.

Distribution and Planting Zones

Comments

General Comments:

Rarely grown in Florida.