Winterberry vs Gray Dogwood - TreeTime.ca

Winterberry vs Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Ilex verticillata

CUSTOM GROW

CUSTOM GROW

Gray Dogwood
Winterberry

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

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.

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Winterberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: medium


Foliage: yellow-green
Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Fall colour: bright orange to red
Berries: bright red, stays through winter
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: MB, ON, QC
Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: black alder, canada holly, coralberry, fever bush, michigan holly, winterberry holly