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Sparkleberry Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Sparkleberry'
Sparkleberry Holly produces a striking and long-lasting display of brilliant red winter berries on large plants of upright form.
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Share:Dormancy Notice: This plant, like many others, enters dormancy or semi-dormancy in the late fall through early spring. *THIS PLANT IS NOT DEAD. It is completely healthy but upon receiving the plant, you may notice it exhibits fewer leaves, discoloration, or complete leaf drop. This is normal and essential to the plant's health. In fact, planting during dormancy promotes root growth, giving your plant a better start for spring, when new foliage will begin to grow.
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Sparkleberry Winterberry produces bright red berries that appear late summer and remain on the plant well into winter. Typically these berry-laden branches are cut and brought inside for holiday decorations. In the spring, the new foliage emerges a glorious red color changing to green. In the fall, the leaves turn a golden yellow color before ending up a pleasing bronze-red color.
Sparkleberry Hollies must be planted with a male pollinizer such as Southern Gentleman Winterberry. Be careful to purchase the correct male as this late flowering variety requires a late flowering pollinizer. This is a larger Winterberry perfect for cutting as decorations.
| Hardiness Zone: | 4-8 |
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| Mature Height | 8 to 10 Feet |
| Mature Width: | 8 Feet |
| Classification: | Deciduous shrub |
| Sunlight: | Full sun to part shade |
| Habit: | Deciduous, densely branched |
| Flower Color: | White but inconspicuous |
| Foliage: | New growth emerges a deep dark green, changing to an golden yellow in the fall |
| Soil Condition: | Any well drained soil but will tolerate “wet feet” |
| Water Requirement: | Water well until established |
| Uses: | Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting, or a specimen planting |
