Photo of Ilex Winter Gold (Holly)

Ilex verticillata Winter Gold - a female winterberry that typically matures to 5-8’ tall and as wide. It is noted for its dense, heavy fruiting of orange-yellow berries, with good retention of the fruit throughout winter. This is a slow-growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed, suckering shrub with an upright-rounded habit. Lustrous dark green leaves (to 3” long) turn yellow-bronze in fall. Relatively inconspicuous greenish-white flowers appear in the leaf axils in late spring. Family: Aquifoliaceae  

Author : Tim Ludwig
Photo # : 29492
Online since: September 15th 2018