Winterberry Bonsai

The leaves are alternate with a sharply toothed margin and hairy underside.

Winterberry bonsai. The male and female trees must be placed very near to each other to make sure they have the same growing. Japanese winterberry after. Use jim dandy as the male. We have been watching this plant for years and we feel it rivals all other winterberry selections for its sheer mass of fruit.

Winterberry is notable for being attractive to a variety of birds and other wildlife. It was imported from japan by joe harris after his teacher hashimoto san insisted that he buy it. Most female varieties need an adjacent male nearby for abundant berries. The flowers are small 5 mm 0 20 in in diameter with five to eight white petals.

The bark is thin smooth and gray brown. The fruit is a globose red drupe 6 8 mm 0 24 0 31 in in diameter which often persists on the branches long into the winter giving the plant its english name. How to care for ilex verticillata winterberry holly as bonsai. Verticillata spravy a spectacular winter show with its heavy set of large bright red berries.

It will take several years for the apex to catch up so i expect to let it run for some time. Trident maple bonsai. Winterberry holly is also an easy plant to grow. Winterberry is one of the rare deciduous shrubs that provide good year round interest in the garden.

Specific bonsai care guidelines for the japanese winterberry position. If you look closely you can see that the apex is much smaller than the main part of the trunk. Winterberry a holly that losses it s leaves in the winter timing of pruning is often driven by the use of the fruit for winter arrangements. So having more than one female plant is necessary to harvest fruit each year.

This however removes the flowers for that next spring and in turn the fruit for that year. The best fruit is produced in full sun. Provide adequate water and fertilizer when potted and especially prior to fruiting. A spring meadow introduction.

It is normally planted in masses or groups for shrub borders as foundation shrubs in native woodland gardens or in bird gardens. Water it thoroughly as soon as the soil surface gets dry. We recently added a gorgeous japanese winterberry ilex serrata to our collection at rakuyo. You can also apply solid organic.

In spring stalked yellow green flowers mature in clusters. Winterberry is a deciduous tree that may grow 10 to 15 feet tall but it often occurs in the wild as a shrub.