Winterberry – Red Sprite Dwarf

• Shiny Green Foliage
• Compact Growth
• Profusion of Red Berries on Female Plants
• High Ornamental Value
• Bright Shiny Foliage
• “Jim Dandy” Male Pollinator
• Floral Arrangements and Winter Decor
• Deer Resistant
• Birds Love it
• Compact Dwarf Version

Red Sprite Holly, also known as Winterberry, (Ilex verticillata ‘Red Sprite’) is acompact ornamental deciduous shrub. Plant a few in a naturalized area of your landscape or perhaps one at the border of a perennial bed where the winter color can pick up where the bright summer flowers left off.

Hollies are the queens of the fruiting shrub world when ranked for ornamental value, and your Red Sprite is no exception. The fruiting branches on the bare stems are great for decoration in the garden or in the house.

Thesered-fruited, Winterberry Hollygrow in anupright rounded habit. A wonderful dwarf shrub, these work in a wide range of climates around the states. Extremely attractive, even in the winter landscape.Birds and admirers will be flockingto thebright, shiny red berriesthat will be smothering this plant!

White flowersin spring then, thedeep green foliageon the shiny green plant provides fall color when it transforms intopurple/bronze in autumn. Pruning is best done during late winter or early spring before new growth emerges, that way you won’t miss the white blooms in spring or those amazing berries!

Once these deciduous Holly leaves fall in the autumn, you’ll be treated to the amazing bright red berries throughout the fall and winter. OneJim Dandy male Hollywill pollinate several Red Sprites, however without a male pollinator, you may not see any fruit set.