Outstanding Features:
Attractive display of showy fruits that persist well into the winter months.

Description:
Height: 4-8'
Width: 4-8'
Hardiness Zone: 3b

Winterberry is an attractive shrub that is native in boggy sites in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. It has glossy, dark green leaves of medium texture. Fruit are frequently abundant along the stem on female plants providing an excellent show in the fall. Fruit color is orange to red. The fruit is very attractive to birds.

Requirements and Culture:
Requires a moist soil and prefers an acid soil although tolerant of neutral soils. Prefers full sun but tolerates light shade. Will grow well in wet soil near ponds or streams. Needs male plant with comparable bloom dates for pollination to produce a good fruit set on female plants.

Limitations:
Becomes chlorotic in alkaline soils. Some plants susceptible to leaf spot diseases.

Selected Cultivars:

'Aurantiaca'- has masses of bright, medium sized orange fruit. Susceptible to leaf spot.

'Afterglow'- has bright medium sized, red-orange fruit. Fruits abundantly.

'Shaver'- compact habit with large, red fruit. Is quite resistant to leaf spot.

'Cacapon'- has bright red medium sized fruit.

Photo Credit: 1 Bailey Nurseries, Inc.; 2 & 3 MLA.

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