Ilex verticillata is native to eastern North America where it is typically found in low elevation wooded areas, along ponds and streams, and in damp thickets, and swamps. Ilex verticillata …

This female winterberry, as the common name suggests, produces profuse red berries which are extremely attractive in fall and winter, often persisting to early spring unless consumed by local …

Hailing from Eastern North America's swamps, Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' (Winterberry) is a compact shrub with year-round appeal.

A female plant, produces large, bright red fruit, which often persist throughout the winter and sometimes into early spring. Can be pollinated by 'Jim Dandy' and 'Appollo' (Dirr, 2009).

Producing profuse amounts of large red fruit all winter on an extremely compact plant, Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' never needs pruning! The pollinator for this deciduous Winterberry …

'Red Sprite' is compact, dense and rounded with an excellent show of large, bright red berries in winter. Fruiting color best in full sun. This species, like other hollies, is dioecious, and 'Red …

Though winterberry is fairly common in the wild, 'Red Sprite' is a useful dwarf female cultivar for smaller spaces, pollinated by male dwarf cultivar 'Jim Dandy' or wildtype males.

Perfect for summer or winter interest anywhere, ‘Red Sprite’ also thrives in wet, acidic soil. Plant in full to part sun, and be sure to provide a preferred male like ‘Jim Dandy’ for pollination.

Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite’ is a compact deciduous holly that produces small greenish-white flowers in late spring to early summer. By autumn, these flowers give way to bright red berries …

Red Sprite has very large bright red berries borne in profusion on bare branches in the winter. It is a very small grower usually found around 3' tall; occasionally larger.