Add vibrant winter color and native beauty to your landscape with Mary Jo Winterberry Holly, a hardy female deciduous holly prized for its brilliant red berries and adaptable growth habit. This native shrub produces abundant colorful berries that persist into winter, attracting birds and wildlife.

Its upright rounded form and tolerance for a wide range of soil conditions make Mary Jo an excellent choice for rain gardens, foundation plantings, pollinator gardens, wet areas, woodland edges, and naturalized landscapes. Unlike evergreen hollies, Winterberry drops its leaves in autumn, allowing the vivid berry display to shine throughout winter. These healthy plants are shipped established in quart nursery pots and are ready to thrive in your landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Mary Jo Winterberry Holly
✔️ Quart pot plant
✔️ Female native deciduous holly
✔️ Red winter berry producing shrub
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Mary Jo Winterberry Holly
• Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata ‘Mary Jo’
• Plant Type: Deciduous shrub
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial sun
• Soil: Moist, organically rich soil; adaptable to clay soils
• Watering: Moderate to high; prefers consistent moisture
• Mature Height: Approximately 6–8 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 6–8 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–9
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip: Plant near a compatible male winterberry pollinator for reliable berry production. Ideal for moist soils, rain gardens, and naturalized areas where seasonal berry color can be fully appreciated.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.