Q: I have a 6-foot-tall winterberry holly that got leggy this year. I pruned it, but that just made it worse. Can I prune it back to the ground in spring? Will that make it come back fuller and denser ...

A hillside of gold in the Old Town community of North Columbus not only caught my eye but enticed me to get out of the car with my camera in hand. It was a hill planted with dozens of Winterberry ...

Its clusters of red berries begin to color in September, but they are barely noticed because of the abundant green foliage (without prickles). By October, the leaves have turned a golden yellow and ...

We are told that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The gardener, who is more attuned to light and shadow than most, knows that this idea is off quite a bit at this time of year. In early ...

More than a decade ago, Eugene Paschall found some holly growing wild in the Rocky Mountains. He brought home a cutting, figuring a plant that endures the bitter cold of the mountains would survive ...

When you “Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly,” winterberry holly is the holly to use. When most people think of hollies, they think of the glossy dark green shiny foliage with bright red berries that ...

In autumn, we tend to look upward for color on the boughs of trees. But there’s a kaleidoscope of color bursting forth right at eye level. The jewel tones of fall are rearing their heads on ...

Common winterberry, Ilex verticillata, is a worthwhile addition to any birdwatcher’s garden. The fruit feeds many species of birds, including American robin, eastern bluebirds and bluejays. The plant ...

We are told that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The gardener, who is more attuned to light and shadow than most, knows that this idea is off quite a bit at this time of year. In early ...