‘Mr. Poppins’ is a compact male winterberry holly grown primarily as a pollinator for female winterberry cultivars such as ‘Berry Poppins’. Unlike the female plants, it does not produce the colorful berry display, but its small flowers provide the pollen necessary for nearby female plants to set fruit. It has a neat, compact habit and fits well into mixed shrub plantings where winterberry pollination is desired. Planting the male near to female plants is important for dependable pollination. One ‘Mr Poppins’ can pollinate up to 5 “Berry Poppins.” It can be planted in the same hole with a female to effectively ‘hide’ its less showy nature by making it look like only one shrub..
Height: 3–4 ft
Width: 3–4 ft
Flower time: May–June
Sun/Shade: Full sun to part shade
Deer resistant
‘Mr. Poppins’ is a compact male winterberry holly grown primarily as a pollinator for female winterberry cultivars such as ‘Berry Poppins’. Unlike the female plants, it does not produce the colorful berry display, but its small flowers provide the pollen necessary for nearby female plants to set fruit. It has a neat, compact habit and fits well into mixed shrub plantings where winterberry pollination is desired. Planting the male near to female plants is important for dependable pollination. One ‘Mr Poppins’ can pollinate up to 5 “Berry Poppins.” It can be planted in the same hole with a female to effectively ‘hide’ its less showy nature by making it look like only one shrub..
Height: 3–4 ft
Width: 3–4 ft
Flower time: May–June
Sun/Shade: Full sun to part shade
Deer resistant
