Noted for its vibrant red fruits, Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with greenish oval green leaves and greenish-white inconspicuous flowers in the early summer. Flowers are followed by a heavy set of cherry red fruit in the fall that persists throughout the winter. 'Winter Red' is a female late-blooming winter-berry; it requires a male late-blooming cultivar (such as 'Southern Gentleman' or 'Apollo') for pollination.
Noted for its vibrant red fruits, Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with greenish oval green leaves and greenish-white inconspicuous flowers in the early summer. Flowers are followed by a heavy set of cherry red fruit in the fall that persists throughout the winter. 'Winter Red' is a female late-blooming winter-berry; it requires a male late-blooming cultivar (such as 'Southern Gentleman' or 'Apollo') for pollination.
Dioecious(separate male and female plants), One male plant for every 6-10 female plants.
