This, the most commonly planted male cultivar, is needed to pollinate the female 'Winter Red' that bears so much fruit. It still looks go...Read Moreod, being a neat, clean plant. I planted one among my several females in my backyard in se PA. It looks so similar to the female, I need to see flowers or fruit to tell them apart.
Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) | January 2007 | positive
'Southern Gentleman' winterberry is a male plant necessary for pollination of all the southern and fast growing wonderful fruiting female...Read More plants that have later overlapping bloom time. These female clones include 'Cacapon', 'Shaver', 'Winter Gold', and 'Winter Red' among others. It was named and introduced by the exceptional nurseryman Bob Simpson, of Vincennes IN, who provided many improved woody plant selections for our gardens.
One can determine the sex of a winterberry when it is in bloom (if it is not known if it fruits or not) by examining the small flowers. If the flowers have projecting stamens, it is a male plant. If the flowers only have a rounded bump in the center, then it is a female plant.
'Southern Gentleman' requires no more effort to grow than any other winterberry, looking only for regular moisture (loves wet sites, like by a downspout) and soil on the acid side, though I have grown all ranges of deciduous hollies in KY on circumneutral clay loam soils.
This, the most commonly planted male cultivar, is needed to pollinate the female 'Winter Red' that bears so much fruit. It still looks go...Read More
'Southern Gentleman' winterberry is a male plant necessary for pollination of all the southern and fast growing wonderful fruiting female...Read More