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Sparkleberry

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Sparkleberry Holly
Used to decorate many a home in winter, these are perhaps the most popular of all ornamental berry plants. Their showy berries often last for several months and attract birds.

 


sparkleberry Ericaceae Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.   symbol: VAAR
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'Sparkleberry' - This award-winning, popular selection is common in the trade. It ultimately reaching 12' tall and can become somewhat leggy at the base due to its upright growth habit.

Sparkleberry is a very attractive shrub that deserves to be used in more landscapes. Once established it needs no special treatment and grows quickly, flowering in just a year or two at quite a small size.

Winterberry [English]: Ilex verticillata 'Sparkleberry'
Winterberry [English]: Ilex 'Harvest Red'
Winterberry [English]: Ilex 'Apollo'
Winterberry [English]: Ilex verticillata 'Raritan Chief'
Winterberry [English]: Ilex verticillata x serrata ...

Ilex crenata 'Helleri' Heller's Japanese Holly Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' Japanese Holly 'Sky Pencil' Ilex glabra Inkberry Ilex latifolia Lusterleaf Holly Ilex opaca American Holly Ilex verticillata Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata x 'Sparkleberry' ...

Species such as dogwood, sourwood, blackgum, holly, sparkleberry, persimmon, mulberry and redbud provide some of the most abundant stores of fruits and berries to be found in the forest.

Vaccinium - Blueberries, Cranberries, and Sparkleberries
Vaccinium arboreum - Sparkleberry; Farkleberry
Vaccinium corymbosum - Highbush Blueberry
Euphorbiaceae: The Spurge Family ...

Sarcococca (Sarcococca orientalis)
Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)
Sparkleberry, farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
Ternstroemia, Japanese, also called Japanese cleyera (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)
Yucca (Yucca) ...

Ilex serrata 'Sparkleberry'.
Ilex serrata 'Subtilis' ('Koshobai'): Japanese deciduous holly - a very small form, suitable for only the smallest sizes.
Ilex serrata: finetooth holly.

Stamens: 10, not exserted beyond the petals.
Pistils: Ovary inferior.
Fruits: Berries spherical, black, up to 1/4 inch in diameter; seeds many.
Notes: Other common names for this species are tree huckleberry and sparkleberry.

See also: Green, Holly, Ilex, Ilex verticillata, Winterberry

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