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ILEX crenata ‘Sky Pencil’
ILEX verticillata ‘Southern Gentlemen’
HEIGHT: 4-10’ • SPREAD: 1-3’
HEIGHT: 10’ • SPREAD: 10’
Sky Pencil Japanese Holly FOLIAGE: Lustrous, dark green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Very columnar, all-female cultivar which needs a male pollinator to produce fruit.
Southern Gentleman Holly FOLIAGE: Deep dark green FALL COLOR: Insignificant FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Fast-growing male. Pollinator for Winter Red®™® Holly.
ILEX glabra ‘Compacta’
ILEX verticillata ‘Winter Red®’
HEIGHT: 4-5’ • SPREAD: 4-6’
HEIGHT: 9’ • SPREAD: 8’ (PP4146)
Dwarf Inkberry FOLIAGE: Dark green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Female plant needs a male pollinator to produce the jet black berries that are a characteristic of the cultivar.
Winter Red® Holly
FOLIAGE: Deep dark green FALL COLOR: Insignificant FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Female. Heavy bearer of bright red fruit throughout winter. Use Southern Gentlemen as a pollinator.
KNOW WHAT YOU GROW: Temporary barriers such as burlap are often used around Evergreens during winter months to provide protection from drying winds. Products such as Wilt-Pruf are also available to prevent transpiration loss during the winter months but also at the time of transplant during summer months.
ILEX glabra ‘Densa’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Blue Maid®’ & ‘Blue Prince®’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Mesan’
HEIGHT: 5-6’ • SPREAD: 4-5’
HEIGHT: 10’ • SPREAD: 8-10’
HEIGHT: 8-10’ • SPREAD: 8-10’ (PP4804)
Densa Inkberry FOLIAGE: Dark green FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Upright branches with leathery leaves and sparse fruit.
Berry Splendor™ Holly
FOLIAGE: Glossy green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. A profusion of bright red berries each fall is assured because male pollinator, Blue Prince, has been planted in the same container as Blue Maid.
Blue Stallion® Holly FOLIAGE: Lustrous, dark green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Male with purple-tinged stems. Good pollinator for female forms.
ILEX glabra ‘Green Magic’
ILEX x ‘China Boy®’ & ‘China Girl®’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Mesdob’
HEIGHT: 3-4’ • SPREAD: 4-6’
HEIGHT: 10’ • SPREAD: 8-10’
HEIGHT: 7-10’ • SPREAD: 5-8’ (PP4803)
Green Magic Inkberry FOLIAGE: Dark green FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Semi-dwarf evergreen with lower branch retention.
Berri~Magic™ China Holly FOLIAGE: Lustrous, dark green FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. A profusion of bright red berries each fall is assured because male pollinator, China Boy, has been planted in the same container as China Girl.
China Boy® Holly
FOLIAGE: Glossy, green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Only need one, China Boy within close proximity as a pollinator for up to 9-10 China Girl plants.
ILEX glabra ‘Shamrock’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Conablu’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Mesog’
HEIGHT: 3-4’ • SPREAD: 3-4’
HEIGHT: 10-15’ • SPREAD: 8-10’ (PP3517)
HEIGHT: 7-10’ • SPREAD: 5-8’ (PP4878)
Shamrock Inkberry FOLIAGE: Lustrous, dark green FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Glistening green new growth.
Blue Prince® Holly FOLIAGE: Glossy, dark green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Male pollinator of all female blue hollies. Probably the most healthy, vibrant-looking of the bush-form hollies.
China Girl® Holly FOLIAGE: Lustrous, green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Abundant, large, red fruits. Very heat tolerant. Needs a male pollinator.
ILEX verticillata ‘Afterglow’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Conapry’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Mondo’
HEIGHT: 10’ • SPREAD: 10’
HEIGHT: 10-15’ • SPREAD: 8-10’ (PP3675)
HEIGHT: 2’ • SPREAD: 3’ (PP9999)
Afterglow Michigan Holly FOLIAGE: Glossy green FALL COLOR: Insignificant FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Slow-growing female with orange to orange-red berries. Use ‘Jim Dandy’ to pollinate.
Blue Princess® Holly FOLIAGE: Dark blue-green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Female abundant, dark red fruit. Needs male pollinator.
Little Rascal™ Holly FOLIAGE: Blue-green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Extremely cold hardy requiring practically no maintenance! Deep purple winter color. Use as a pollinator. Male.
ILEX verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’
ILEX x meserveae ‘Honeymooners’
ITEA virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’
HEIGHT: 10’ • SPREAD: 7’
HEIGHT: 7-10’ • SPREAD: 5-8’
HEIGHT: 3-4’ • SPREAD: 4-6’
Jim Dandy Michigan Holly FOLIAGE: Deep dark green FALL COLOR: Insignificant FLOWER: Summer/insignificant NOTES: Slow-growing, dwarf male. Popular pollinator for ‘Afterglow’.
Honeymooners™ Holly
FOLIAGE: Lustrous, dark green FLOWER: Spring/insignificant NOTES: Evergreen. Self-pollinating plant that produces an abundance of berries. Purple-blue tinged stems create a striking effect in the landscape.
Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire FOLIAGE: Medium to dark green FALL COLOR: Red-purple BLOOM TIME: Spring to summer BLOOM COLOR: White NOTES: Fragrant blooms. Shiny, red-purple stems. Fall color and flowers are superior to species