Liven up cold-season gardens and homes with a gorgeous winterberry bush. The berries are a favorite of hungry winter birds.

Q: I recently bought an Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' (female) plant. It is suggested that an Ilex 'Jim Dandy' (male) plant be used to pollinate the 'Red Sprite.' I already have an Ilex x meserveae ...

Q: I have a 6-foot-tall winterberry holly that got leggy this year. I pruned it, but that just made it worse. Can I prune it back to the ground in spring? Will that make it come back fuller and denser ...

Karl Darr, a horticulturist for WFU’s Reynolda Village said that the department has planted 27 winterberry holly, which include 25 female and two males. This is a good example of how planting these ...

I have always championed our native deciduous holly, Ilex decidua. But after seeing the magnificent deciduous winterberry holly full of fruit in Leonard Miller's Lendenwood Gardens in Grove, I ...

We are at the Winter Solstice. This is the time when we view the sun in its apparent most southern route throughout the year. It is the day of the shortest amount of daylight. Even though the sunsets ...

A hillside of gold in the Old Town community of North Columbus not only caught my eye but enticed me to get out of the car with my camera in hand. It was a hill planted with dozens of Winterberry ...

Are Nandina berries OK to use in holiday decor? I love their bright color and long-lasting berries, but I heard they may be ...

Legend says that during the dark days around the winter solstice, ancient cultures gathered the evergreen leaves of holly with its red berries to add lightness to their homes. Celtic folklore speaks ...

Well, if it’s just the berries and winter interest one desires, perhaps a deciduous holly might be a better choice. Evergreen holly can offer berries, granted you chose the right ones, but the color ...