Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'
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Michael Dirr Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'
Michael Dirr
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' (click for large image)
Red Sprite Black Alder, Red Sprite Common Winterberry, Red Sprite Coralberry, Red Sprite Michigan Holly 		Common Names:
  • Red Sprite Black Alder
  • Red Sprite Common Winterberry
  • Red Sprite Coralberry
  • Red Sprite Michigan Holly
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Red Sprite Black Alder, Red Sprite Common Winterberry, Red Sprite Coralberry, Red Sprite Michigan Holly
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full sun.
Moderate to wet conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 3 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows to 5'.
Dirr says: "same as 'Compacta', 'Macrocarpa' and 'Nana'. Grows 3 to 5' high, compact, rounded, persistent,"

Flowers:

  Color(s): White
Season(s): Spring
 

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and yellow and purple in the fall.
 

Fruit:

  Color: Red
Season(s): Fall
Dirr says: "bright red, 3/8 to 1/2" diameter fruit, larger than typical I. verticillata. 'Jim Dandy' and 'Appollo' will pollinate"  

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

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Other Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' References & Articles:
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAlsip, IL
American Canyon, CAAngwin, CAAntioch, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBronx, NY
Brooklyn, NYBrownsville, TXCanton, MI
Chicago, ILCicero, ILCollege Point, NY
Conneaut, OHCorona, NYDanville, CA
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEssex, CA
Evergreen Park, ILFawnskin, CAFerndale, MI
Florence, SCFlushing, NYFontana, CA
Forest Falls, CAForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHunt Valley, MD
Jackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NCLexington, NC
Liberty, NCLinwood, NCLittle Neck, NY
Ludlow, CAMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMercedes, TX
Middle Village, NYMission, TXModesto, CA
Moreno Valley, CAMorgantown, WVMount Clemens, MI
New Baltimore, MINew Haven, MINew York, NY
Newport News, VANorth Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MI
Oakland Gardens, NYOlmito, TXPenitas, TX
Pharr, TXPhelan, CAPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDPinon Hills, CAPort Isabel, TX
Progreso, TXRedlands, CARego Park, NY
Rialto, CARidgewood, NYRimforest, CA
Riverdale, ILSaratoga, CASoquel, CA
Sparrows Point, MDStaten Island, NYTaylor, MI
Temperance, MITemple City, CATowson, MD
Trenton, MITres Pinos, CAUpland, CA
Virginia Beach, VAWalnut, CAWatsonville, CA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MI
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