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aquipernyi                                                 USDA 6-8

Brilliant Holly

The results of a cross between aquifolium and pernyi, the habit is pyramidal with dense foliage of lustrous dark green color.  It has an  abundance of good size bright red berries in winter. Evergreen.    Full sun. 

attenuata ‘Fosteri’                                      USDA 6-9

Foster’s Holly

A slender pyramidal form has leaves that are a glossy dark green with spiny points on each side.  Abundant deep red berries make this a very attractive plant for the landscape for foundation plants, hedges or specimen plants.   Evergreen.  Moderate grower 20-25’ tall, 6-10’ wide.  Sun or partial shade. 

attentuata ‘Savannah’                             USDA 6-9

Savannah Holly

Loose pyramidal form with light green foliage in summer and fall.  Large red fruits produced in abundance.   Grows 25-30’ high.  Sun or partial shade.

cassine x. ‘Emily Brunner’                        USDA 7-9

Emily Brunner Holly

Large evergreen pyramidal female that has leaves of lovely dark green.  Large red fruits encircle the stems. It grows up to 20’ high.  Full sun.

cornuta ‘Dwarf Buford’                               USDA 6-9

Dwarf Burford Holly

This is a compact grower and a miniature of the ever poplar Burford Holly.  Prolific producer of bright red berries without pollenizer present but heavier with.  Good as hedge or border specimen.   .  Slow grower 4-6’ tall and wide.   Sun or partial shade. 

cornuta  ‘Carissa’                                       USDA 7-9

Carissa Holly

Has elongated lustrous waxy dark green leathery leaves to the point of plasticity. It is a dense dwarf  shrub growing 3-4’ high and 4-6’ wide at maturity. Good hedge or screen.   Full to partial sun.

cornuta ‘Rotunda’                                     USDA 7-9

Dwarf Chinese Holly

Compact, densely branched, with needle-like pointed leaves that makes an impenetrable thicket. Dense evergreen shrub, low mounding form 3-4’ high and 6-8’ across. Ideal small hedge. Full to partial sun.   

cornuta ‘Willow Leaf’                                 USDA 6-9

Willow Leaf  (Needlepoint Holly)

Dense, lateral branching creates a pyramidal growth habit making a perfect screen or hedge. Long narrow lustrous dark green leaves have a slight twist to them. Blood red berries are produced readily without a pollenizer present, heaver with. Evergreen shrub growing to 10-15’ in height, equal width.  Full to partial sun.

crenata ‘Compacta’                                    USDA 5-6

Dwarf Japanese Holly

Distinguished by a dense multi-branched, extremely compact heavy plant, lustrous dark green foliage.  Prefers light, moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soils. Requires little pruning.   Used in foundation plantings, hedges and masses. Sun or shade adaptable.  

crenata ‘Green Luster’                                USDA 5-6

Green Luster Holly

A loose open shrub that grows twice as broad as tall and somewhat flat-topped with lustrous dark green leaves.  Good for foundation planting, hedges and masses. Grows  3’ in height, 6’ width.   Full sun. 

crenata ‘Helleri’                                          USDA 5-8

Heller’s Japanese Holly 

Dwarf, compactly branched mounded form that has  small, dark green leaves measuring about ½” long, less lustrous than most. Berry-like drupe under foliage appears from September-October and persists into spring.  Only females have this drupe.  Prefers light, moist, well-drained, slightly acid soils.  Sun or partial shade.

crenata ‘Hoogendorn’                              USDA 5-8

Hoogendorn Japanese Holly

A low growing, densely branched compact shrub with handsome flattened dark green foliage.  Use for shrub borders, a low hedge or in mass plantings.  Similar to boxwood.  Evergreen.  Moderate growth 2’ tall, 3’ wide. 

crenata ‘Soft Touch’                                  USDA 5-8

Japanese Holly

A low mounding 3’ holly that has  dense, soft-textured, lustrous, dark green foliage in summer and winter.   It prefers light, moist, well-drained, slightly acid soils. 

glabra ‘Compacta’                                   USDA 4-9

Compact Inkberry Holly

An excellent dwarf for hedge or border plant.  Dense twiggy habit displays an abundance of black berries during winter.  Slow growing 4-6’ high and wide but can be contained to 2’.  Evergreen.  Full to partial sun.

latifolia ‘Mary Nell’                                     USDA 7-9

Mary Nell Luster Leaf Holly

A large pyramidal broadleaf evergreen tree with lustrous dark green spiny leaves. Leaves hold their color throughout the year.  Deep dull red berries grow in dense clusters and almost completely encircle the stems holding into February-March but lose color to a dull washed out red. Prefers well-drained soil but will hold up under drought conditions. Grows 20-25’.     

x. ‘Nellie R. Stevens’                                USDA 6-9

Nellie R. Stevens Holly                     

Large evergreen shrub or small broad pyramidal tree.  Leaves are lustrous dark green, heavily fruitful producing bright red berries. Very vigorous plant and relatively fast growing. Sun or partial shade.  15-20’ high.  Prefers partial shade for best results.

x. meserveae                                          USA 4-9

‘China Girl’  Holly

A mounding shrub that has bright red berries each fall.  Dense branches take shearing well.  Excellent heat tolerance.  Moderate grower 8-10’ tall, 6-8’ wide.  Evergreen.  Full to partial sun.

x. meserveae ‘Berry Magic’                       USDA 4-9

Berry-Magic  China Holly Combination

Dense branching habit of this evergreen.  Bright red berries appear each fall because ‘China Girl’ is planted in the same container as a pollenizer.  Moderate grower to 10’ tall, 8-10’ wide.  Full to partial sun.

vomitoria                                                USDA 7-10

Upright Native Yaupon

Picturesque, upright, irregularly branched shrub or small tree. New growth has a purplish tinge but turns a lustrous dark green.  Produces greenish white flowers in clusters on year-old wood.  Produces truly beautiful scarlet drupe fruit in the spring.   This has multiple uses in the landscape including barriers, hedges, screens and espaliers. Medium to fast grower, reaching heights from 15-20’, growing 2-3’ of new growth in a single season, usually less in width.

vomitoria ‘Hoskins Shadow’                    USDA 7-10

Shadow’s Holly

An excellent rounded large dark green female  shrub or small tree with bright red translucent fruit.  This can be trimmed into topiary form.       

vomitoria ‘Pendula’                                  USDA 7-10

Weeping Yaupon

Evergreen large shrub to small tree. Pendulous outer branches create a graceful appearance. Heavy display of translucent red berries in fall show well against the leathery, glossy, green leaves.  Sun or partial shade. 

vomitoria ‘Schillings’                                USDA 7-11  

Dwarf Yaupon

Dwarf evergreen shrub with tiny leaves formed on twiggy branches to create a spreading mounding habit. Easily maintained.  Use for low hedge or border around foundations. Slow growing 2-3’ high, 4’ wide.  Full sun or partial shade. 

ILLICIUM

floridanum                                                USDA 7-9

Florida Anise

Multi-branched, upright shrub with dark green leaves which droop resembling a rhododendron.  Maroon-purple flowers are 1 to 2” in diameter with the fragrance of oranges, blooming April-May. It grows 6-10’ Ht., prefers moist, well-drained high organic matter soils.   Partial to heavy shade.

ITEA

virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’                       USDA 5-9

Henry’s Garnet  Sweetspire

Shrub has erect, clustered branches near top of plant becoming rounded, arching in habit.  Has dark green leaves in summer changing to brilliant reddish purple, in fall lasting into winter. Has up to 6” long white lightly fragrant flowers June-July.   Prefers moist, fertile soils, amazingly adaptable and displays drought tolerance. Grows 5-6’ in height and possibly wider.  Evergreen to semi-evergreen.  Full sun.