Labrador Tea vs Winterberry - TreeTime.ca

Labrador Tea vs Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Rhododendron groenlandicum (Ledum groenlandicum)

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Winterberry
Labrador Tea

Winterberry is a small shrub that produces large quantities of bright red berries that remain on the plant through the fall and into the winter. Adding this shrub to your yard will give it a unique splash of color and attract birds, especially after the leaves drop.

Note: although the foliage is attractive on its own, you need at least one male plant near your female plants or they won't produce berries.

Labrador Tea is slow-growing evergreen shrub native to the boreal forests of Canada.

It thrives in wet, swampy conditions.

Labrador Tea has narrow, leathery, dark green leaves, topped by a cluster of white flowers in the spring. It is a perfect ornamental shrub for boggy, wet areas of your property.

Winterberry Quick Facts

Labrador Tea Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


Toxicity: slightly toxic if ingested
Foliage: yellow-green
Foliage: leathery, orange undersides, evergreen
Fall colour: bright orange to red
Fall colour: rust orange
Flowers: white, fragrant
Berries: bright red, stays through winter
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, NU, PE
Other Names: black alder, canada holly, coralberry, fever bush, michigan holly, winterberry holly