American Mountain Ash vs Winterberry - TreeTime.ca

American Mountain Ash vs Winterberry

Sorbus americana

Ilex verticillata

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(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

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American Mountain Ash
Winterberry

American Mountain ash is a beautiful, medium-sized ornamental tree that is ideal for residential lots. Mountain Ash blooms with tiny white flowers in the spring, followed by clusters of small red/orange berries in the summer.

American Mountain Ash's berries stay on the tree throughout the winter. This attracts birds and other small wildlife to your landscape as the berries are an important food source during the winter months.

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.

American Mountain Ash Quick Facts

Winterberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 10 m (32 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium


Foliage: yellow-green
Fall colour: scarlet red
Fall colour: bright orange to red
Flowers: white clusters, spring
Berries: bunches of orange-red
Berries: bright red, stays through winter
Seeds: seeds contained within the berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


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