How to grow winterberry
Ilex verticillata
When to plant winterberry
Plant this deciduous shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Winterberry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 36 to 72 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5 to 6
Common problems
- chlorosis in alkaline soil
- holly leafminer
- wax scale
- needs male pollinator for berries
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Ilex verticillata (Winterberry)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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