Orange-Fruited Winterberry Holly

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Nova Scotia to W. Ontario, West to Wi, South to FL, and West to MO

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Holly Hills Nursery Inc., Simpson Orchard Company Inc.

Description

Plants reach 3'-5' in height; northern type with compact, rounded form and small leaves. Fruitsmedium-sized, changing from red-orange to a showy golden-orange early in the fall. Earliest of anynorthern types to bloom. First collected in 1938 by taxonomist Harold Moldenke at the edge of a swamp in Morris County, NJ (DS 1097) Effective in October and November, often lasting into January.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

fruiting characteristics, winter interest