Jolly Red Winterberry Holly - Native Shrub in 2 Gallon Pot | Ilex verticillata

Add spectacular winter color and wildlife value to your landscape with Jolly Red Winterberry Holly, a beautiful native shrub prized for its abundant bright red berries that persist long after the leaves have fallen. This deciduous holly transforms into a vibrant winter focal point, creating striking seasonal interest while providing food for birds and wildlife.

Perfect for native plant gardens, rain gardens, woodland edges, pollinator habitats, and landscape borders, Jolly Red Winterberry offers year-round appeal with attractive green foliage during the growing season followed by brilliant red fruit in autumn and winter. The colorful branches are also highly valued for seasonal floral arrangements and holiday decorations.

Hardy, adaptable, and easy to grow, this native shrub thrives in a wide range of conditions, including moist soils and naturalized settings. Female winterberry varieties require a compatible male pollinator nearby for fruit production.

These healthy plants are shipped established in 2 gallon nursery pots and are ready to thrive in your landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Jolly Red Winterberry Holly
✔️ 2 gallon pot plant
✔️ Native berry-producing shrub
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Jolly Red Winterberry Holly
• Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata ‘Jolly Red’
• Plant Type: Deciduous native shrub
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial sun
• Soil: Moist, organically rich soil; adaptable to wet locations
• Watering: Moderate to high; prefers consistent moisture
• Berry Color: Bright red
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–9
• Container Friendly: Yes, when young and properly maintained

Care Tip

For reliable berry production, plant near a compatible male winterberry holly pollinator. Winterberries perform exceptionally well in rain gardens and moist landscape areas.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.