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Ilex x 'Jersey Sprite'
Jersey Hybrid Holly
Plant Type:
BROADLEAF EVERGREEN SHRUBSIlex x 'Jersey Sprite' – This is one of the female forms of the Rutgers Hybrids Hollies. Very glossy holly leaves cloak the and dense branches forming a dark green mound. New leaves display a red edging at the tips. 'Jersey Sprite' will require a male to produce red berries once its white flowers are pollinated. Established, potted shrub, cutting grown.
Characteristics and Attributes for Ilex x 'Jersey Sprite'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Four Seasons
Autumn Interest
- Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads
Nature Attraction
- Honey Bees & Native Bees
- Songbirds
Light
- Full Sun
- Mostly Sunny
Attributes
- Foundation
- Border
- Formal Garden
- Rock Garden
- Edging
- Labyrinth
- Evergreen
- Potted Plant
- Shrub Border
- Small / Miniature
- Knot Garden
- Hedgerow
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Fertile
- Acid
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown
Genus Overview: Ilex
Common Name: Holly
Hollies from midgets to monsters are wonderful shrubs! Some are evergreen, others deciduous with females revealing copious crops of bright fruit from autumn into winter in various colors which are cultivar dependent. The Ilex x meserveae cultivars are just plain beautiful evergreens happy in sun to open shade in fertile, acid and moisture retaining soils. Winterberries, Ilex verticillata, are happy in full to mostly sunny sites in moist to even wet soils; they are often great autumn/winter fixtures in roadside ditches. The midgets are cute in the rock garden or even in containers. Ilex cornuta's spiny leaves look like giant glossy green mutant horned beetles - just fascinating in their structure. All are terrific wildlife plants and they add so much beauty and multi-seasonal appeal. Cutting grown.