Native Plant
Why Choose Native Plants?
✔ Perfect for Upstate NY: Thrives in cold winters and hot summers with minimal care.
✔ Pollinator Magnet: Attracts butterflies, bees, and birds to your garden.
✔ Eco-Friendly & Low Maintenance: Uses less water, no pesticides, and keeps your soil healthy.
Less work for you, more benefits for nature—it's a win-win!
'Wildfire' Winterberry | Ilex verticillata
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Wildfire™ Winterberry has dark green foliage and abundantly large, bright red fruit in fall and early winter, providing stems ideal for floral or seasonal displays. Its rounded habit creates a wonderful foundation plant, specimen, or hedge. A male companion plant, such as Jim Dandy or Sourthern Gentleman Winterberry, is needed for pollination.
Plant Details:
Height: 8-10 feet
Spread: 8-10 feet
Hardiness Zones: 4-9
Sunlight: Full Sun (> 6 hrs. Direct Sun)
Bloom Time: 4 season interest
Other Notes: Food source for birds, thrives in wetland areas
Pollination Guide
Estimated Bloom Time: Mid
No pollinator? No fruit. This plant absolutely needs a compatible pollinator to produce fruit. Be sure to plant it with a suitable variety for the best harvest.
Recommended Cross-Pollinators
Bloom & Pollination Guide
Estimated Bloom Time: Mid
No pollinator? No fruit. This plant absolutely needs a compatible pollinator to produce fruit. Be sure to plant it with a suitable variety for the best harvest.
Recommended Cross-Pollinators
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