Taxon

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold' - Winter Gold common winterberry
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Winter Gold common winterberry
Family: Aquifoliaceae (holly family)
Distribution: Species native to e. North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: A deciduous shrub growing 8' tall and wide. Fruits ripen to a pinkish yellow berry in late summer and persist into winter. Glossy dark green leaves in summer; fall color ineffective. Flowers open in June as white, nondescript clusters in the leaf axils. Requires a late male pollinator of southern origin to ensure fruit production.
Links: Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder

Locations

  • 1: HOL: BF20 (BF20) • Accession: D1995-0397.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: HOL: BF20 (BF20) • Accession: D1995-0687.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: HOL: BF20 (BF20) • Accession: D1995-0687.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: HOL: BG25 (BG25) • Accession: D1993-0163.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: HOL: BG25 (BG25) • Accession: D1993-0163.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: ZLG: AO12 (AO12) • Accession: D2013-0441.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: ZLG: AO13 (AO13) • Accession: D2013-0441.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 8: ZLG: AO13 (AO13) • Accession: D2013-0441.006 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 9: ZLG: AP12 (AP12) • Accession: D2013-0441.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 10: ZLG: AP13 (AP13) • Accession: D2013-0441.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 11: ZLG: AP13 (AP13) • Accession: D2013-0441.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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