winterberry house plant Ilex verticillata Berry Heavy® Gold (Winterberry Holly) Unity Grown – Unity Church Hill Nursery, LLC

winterberry house plant Ilex verticillata Berry Heavy® Gold (Winterberry Holly) Unity Grown – Unity Church Hill Nursery, LLCIlex verticillata Berry Heavy Gold is an excellent, showy cultivar of winterberry holly produced by Proven Winners. Without the sharp spined leaves of species like American holly, deciduous leaves unlike any evergreen holly varieties, Berry Heavy Gold is best noted for its attractive golden yellow berries in the fall and winter. From spring into the summer, winterberry holly produces inconspicuous white flowers that attract many kinds of pollinators.

Ilex verticillata Berry Heavy® Gold is an excellent, showy cultivar of winterberry holly produced by Proven Winners. Without the sharp-spined leaves of species like American holly, deciduous leaves unlike any evergreen holly varieties, Berry Heavy® Gold is best noted for its attractive golden-yellow berries in the fall and winter. From spring into the summer, winterberry holly produces inconspicuous white flowers that attract many kinds of pollinators.

As an all-female cultivar, Berry Heavy® Gold must be matched with an early season male pollinator cultivar like 'Jim Dandy' to produce berries by planting one male per 5 females. Following successful pollination, this cultivar produces attractive, bright golden berries that persist through the fall and winter, supporting bird populations and serving as an incredible addition to cold-season cut arrangements.

Typically reaching six to eight feet tall with a similar spread, Ilex verticillata Berry Heavy® Gold has an upright growth habit with a vase-like or globular shape. Overall a very versatile plant, Berry Heavy® Gold is resistant to salt, wet soil, and deer damage, and can be used in rain, pollinator, and children's gardens as well as naturalized areas or woodland/wetland borders. Berry Heavy® Gold winterberry is an attractive addition to any landscape, and has the ecological appeal to match.

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