Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Winterberry questions and answers..., 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Thanks for the winter pruning information. It sounds like an excellent idea to prune and use the boughs in the winter for decorating.
Since my winterberry are small now I assume it will be awhile before they reach their mature size and need the pruning.

Hoosier, that was a very interesting idea to try to prune the larger male winterberry smaller or as small as the Sprites. I kind of hid mine between a heavily pruned Yew and fronted by Switch Grass. I imagine eventually I'll have to move the grass and remove the Forsythia that spills out through the Yew.

Here is a photo of one of the small Sprites this past Fall. I've grouped it with a Inkberry 'Compacta' and 'Little Henry' Itea just out of view of the photo. I just have room for the 3 shrubs.