Ilex verticillata x serrata 'Sparkleberry' 26/2 Restock American yellowwood is one of

American yellowwood is one of the loveliest and least common of our native trees

under high trees

and rewards a warm

The species name grandiflorus means large-flowered

Ilex verticillata x serrata 'Sparkleberry' 26/2 Restock American yellowwood is one ofIlex 'Sparkleberry' is the aristocrat of the winterberries, a vigorous hybrid holly bred from the native winterberry, Ilex verticillata, and the Japanese winterberry, Ilex serrata, and introduced by the U. S. National Arboretum. The cross brought hybrid vigor and a heavier, longer holding crop: tall, upright stems that shed their leaves in fall and blaze with bright red fruit, persisting so well that the berries often hang on into spring. That