 Best Sellers Common Winterberry, Winterberry Ilex verticillata - Ilex bronxensis Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata Common Name: Common Winterberry, Winterberry Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45 Germination Test Type:  Cut (Full Seed) Collection Locale: Virginia
Arlington County
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4 In Stock: 1.92 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 45 seeds) $4.95 10 gram (~ 2355 seeds) $13.50 1 oz (~ 6676 seeds) $24.95 4 oz (~ 26706 seeds) $57.86 8 oz (~ 53412 seeds) $101.74 1 lb (~ 106823 seeds) $189.50 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: warm stratify for 60 days, cold stratify for 60 days. Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, keep moist, mulch the seed bed. Other: seedlings need shade for their first year , Sporadic germination will occur over a 2-3 year period. | In a Nutshell: * Ilex verticillata ( American Winterberry ) is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada , from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota , and south to Alabama . *
The species occurs particularly in wetland habitats, but also on dry sand dunes and grassland. The berries are an important food resource for numerous species of birds. more... * Dark green leaves in summer, bright red quarter-inch fruit in fall and winter, very vivid and striking, especially against snow, likes wet situations along lakes, acid soil, but tolerates lower moisture levels, needs male and female for fruit set, native to eastern North America. * The bark is antiseptic, astringent, cathartic and tonic. A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease. more... |
[ edit ] Description Ilex verticillata is a shrub growing to 1–5 metres (3.3–16 ft) tall. It is one of a number of hollies which are deciduous , losing their leaves in the fall. In wet sites, it will spread to form a dense thicket, while in dry soil it remains a tight shrub. The leaves are glossy green, 3.5–9 cm long, 1.5–3.5 cm broad, with a serrated margin and an acute apex. The flowers are small, 5 mm diameter, with five to eight white petals.The fruit is a globose red drupe 6–8 mm diameter, which often persists on the branches long into the winter, giving the plant its English name. Like most hollies, it is dioecious , with separate male and female plants; the proximity of at least one male plant is required to pollenize the females in order to bear fruit. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Physical Characteristics  Ilex verticillata is a deciduous Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft) by 1.5 m (5ft) at a slow rate. It is hardy to zone 3. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required) and are pollinated by Bees.The plant is not self-fertile. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist or wet soil. |
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