Ilex verticillata 'Spriber'

ëSpriber, sold in commerce under the trade name of BERRY NICE, is a female winterberry cultivar that typically matures to 6-8 tall and as wide. Among winterberry cultivars, it is noted for dense heavy fruiting of dark red fruit, with good retention of the fruit through winter. It is a slow-growing, deciduous, suckering shrub with an upright rounded habit. Lustrous dark green leaves (to 3-5î long). Relatively inconspicuous whitish flowers appear in the leaf axils in late spring. Flowers, if properly pollinated, give way to a profuse crop of bright red berries (3/8î diameter) in fall. Berries... more »

ëSpriber, sold in commerce under the trade name of BERRY NICE, is a female winterberry cultivar that typically matures to 6-8 tall and as wide. Among winterberry cultivars, it is noted for dense heavy fruiting of dark red fruit, with good retention of the fruit through winter. It is a slow-growing, deciduous, suckering shrub with an upright rounded habit. Lustrous dark green leaves (to 3-5î long). Relatively inconspicuous whitish flowers appear in the leaf axils in late spring. Flowers, if properly pollinated, give way to a profuse crop of bright red berries (3/8î diameter) in fall. Berries are quite showy and will persist throughout the winter (hence the common name) often to early spring. Berries provide considerable impact and interest to the winter landscape. (less)