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Ilex 'DRAGONSKIN'
(male holly)

Dragonskin is a male holly discovered by Ingo Stühreneberg in his greenhouse, in German nursery town Wiesmoor, it was first introduced at Rhodo 2010. It is a mutation of i. aguifolium ‘Angustifolia’ and obviousl ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'MALCOLM S. WHIPPLE'
(hybrid holly - male)

Malcolm S. Whipple is a hybrid male holly which originated in Colvos Creek Nursery, Washington, USA. It was named after Malcolm Whipple (1925-2019), a farmer and horticulturist, who loved plants and gardens, and when he ret ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	1.5 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'MARY NELL'
(hybrid holly - female)

Mary Nell is a hybrid holly from the USA, bred by Joe McDaniels in Tom Dodd Nursery in Alabama in 1962. It is a cross between large-leaved holly ilex latifolia and hybrid holly Red Delight which is a cross between ilex corn ...


	3 - 4m	1.5 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'NELLIE R.STEVENS'
(holly - TREE FORM)

Nellie R. Stevens holly is one of the most cultivate hardy hollies worldwide simply because it is beautiful and versatile. It is a cross between English holly (ilex aquifolium) and Chinese holly (ilex cornuta). It grows rel ...


	2 - 5m	1.5 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex IMPALA®
(Japanese holly)

This Japanese holly is a unique species formerly known as ilex mutchagara. Its correct Latin name is far too long and a bit complicated to both pronounce and spell, hence its modern trade name IMPALA® holly. ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'ANGUSTIFOLIA AUREA MACULATA'
(holly)

This holly seems to have identity crisis. In the book of varieties there are two names - Myrtifolia Aurea Maculata and Angustifolia Aurea Maculata. Both mean basically the same: narrow-leaved spotted gold. Well, I recon there must have been a reason t ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'ARGENTEA MARGINATA'
(holly)

Argentea Marginata is an attractive varigated holly which looks great in every garden. It enhances every evergreen composition, and lightens up shady corners. The shape and size of the leaves are the same as on the common holly, and they have creamy margins along the sharp, toot ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'HECKENZWERG'®
(common holly)

Heckenzwerg is a fantastic holly novelty bred by Holger Hachmann in early 1990’s as a cross between Myrtifolia holly and


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'INGRAMII'
(cesmína ostrolistá)

Ingramii is a male English holly variety whose origin I did not manage to find. There are notes about its existence yet before 2000 but it appears to be commercially attractive only from about 2015 or so. It makes heavily ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'J.C. VAN TOL'
(holly)

J.C.van Tol variety, more than any other holly, is known for making almost spineless leaves when the plant reaches a height of abt. 1m. They are glossy, deep green to olive green on the undersides. It is a female veriety bearing showy, bright red berries that appear abundant ...


	1.5 - 3m			6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'MYRTIFOLIA'
(myrtle-leaved holly)

Some hollies are not sought-after for their colourful fruits but other features which make them unique and which may highlight your garden with. Myrtifolia holly is a quite rare, male cultivar of common holly. It has deep green, narrow, super glossy leaves that are regularly ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'NIGRICANS'
(holly)

Nigricans is a rare variety of English holly which belongs to aquifolium group but produces foliage that is much closer to blue hollies (x meserveae hybrids). Its evergreen leaves are highly glossy, leathery, narrowly ovate ...


	3 - 5m	1 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'NORTHERN LIGHTS'
(holly)

Since we specialize in evergreen broadleaved plants we are always happy to see a beautiful novelty belonging to this group. Northern Lights is a beautiful holly from Dutch nursery town Boskoop, and was found as a naturally occurring mutation of Ala


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'PYRAMIDALIS AUREOMARGINATA'
(English holly - female/self-fertile)

Pyramidalis Aureomarginata is an attractive variegated sport of Pyramidalis holly. It produces highly glossy, evergreen leaves with deep green centres and thick ye ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'PYRAMIDALIS'
(holly)

Pyramidalis is a lush variety of English holly cultivated especially in upper Germany and Benelux where winters are mild and where cities and parks are more profusely decorated with evergreen trees and shrubs. It is valued ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 3m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'RUBRICAULIS AUREA'
(varigated holly)

Rubricaulis Aurea is supposed to be the hardiest holly from the aquifolium group with varigated foliage. The leaves are deep green in the centre with rich yellow, spiny margins which turn pink in cold months. It is a female variety which bears red fruits in the autumn. To do ...


	1 - 2m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'WHITE CREAM'®
(common holly)

White Cream is a fantastic new variety of holly. It was bred in Germany by Ingo Stührenberg. White Cream is a natural mutation of another English holly called Myrtifolia, hence its spiny margins. The leaves are bright creamy white in the centres, changing through light green t ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'WATERERIANA'
(English holly - male)

Watereriana or Waterer’s Gold is a beautiful variety of male English holly. It is a slow growing gem with variegated foliage. Its evergreen leaves are dark green in the centre ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex colchica
(Black Sea holly)

Black Sea holly lives naturally in the regions of Balkan Peninsula, Caucasus, and some parts of Turkey. It is becoming less and less common in the wild mainly because of excess exploitation of forests which make the typical microclimate for this holly. It used to b ...


	1 - 2m	1.5 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex cornuta 'ANICET DELCAMBRE'
(Chinese holly)

Anicet Delcambre is a Chinese holly often sold under its alternative English name Needlepoint. Its leaves almost completely lack sharp spines, they are entire with only one tip. The ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'CONVEXA'
(Japanese holly)

Convexa is a variety of Japanese box-leaved holly which is most popular with bonsai growers and is ideal for topiaries. Compared to the species it grows denser and more compact so when pruned or clipped it never leaves an empty hole. The very glossy leaves are mid to dark green, 1-2 cm long, they ar ...


	1 - 2m	1.3 - 1.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'ELLIPTA CONVEX'
(Japanese holly)

Ellipta Convex is a Japanese holly that stands halfway between two other varieties: Ellipta Elegans (newer) and


	1.3 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'ELLIPTA ELEGANS'
(Japanese holly)

Ellipta Elegans is a Japanese holly variety from Ingo Stührenberg’s Nursery in German nursery town Wiesmoor and boasts elegant foliage and attractive habit. Its evergreen leaves are small, narrowly elliptic, partly gl ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

ilex crenata 'FASTIGIATA'
(Japanese holly)

This holly is a popular variety for Japanese bonsai. It has dark green, glossy leaves similar to box. This cultivar has upright habit without pruning and is rather slim. It is very popular for evergreen groups with spreading or groundcovering shrubs, for patios or front gardens. Fruits are small, gl ...


	1.5 - 2m	0.3 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'GOLDEN GEM'
(Japanese holly)

Golden Gem variety is a low, dense shrub with bright golden-yellow top leaves, leaving the bottom ones dark green. This bicolour effect is very elegant. Leaves are small and glossy, gently serrated at margins. Fruits, if any, are small, glossy black berries in autumn. Pruning is possi ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'STOKES'
(Japanese holly)

Stokes is an elegant and small variety of Japanese holly. This evergreen shrub grows slowly and makes small, elliptic, deep green and glossy leaves that are almost flat. Its branches form a frond-like structure when young, ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'Takakuma-yama'
(Japanese holly)

Takakuma-yama is a Japanese holly variety named by Mount Takakuma near Kagoshima town on Kyushu Island, Japan, because its spreading - outwardly pyramidal habit - resembles a shape of this charismatic mountain. It yields sm ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'FarrowSK6' PATTI O®
(Japanese holly)

PATTI O® is a Japanese holly variety bred by Michael Farrow from Spring Meadow Nursery in 1999. It is a cross between two Japanese hollies – Sky Pencil and an unnamed variety. The result boasts incredibly elegant ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 0.6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'Icoprins11' DARK GREEN
(Japanese holly)

DARK GREEN is a Japanese holly variety which says it all in a name. Evergreen, small, oval leaves are very dark green, handsome, and glossy, and appear along deep purple red stems. Being a female variety, it produces profus ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 2.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex glabra
(inkberry)

Ilex glabra has a number of names: inkberry, gallberry, Appalachian tea, dye-leaves or evergreen winterberry. Do you notice that neither of them says holly? Because it does not really look like one. When a plant has so many names it is usually very old and native t ...


	1.5 - 2m	1 - 1.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex pedunculosa
(long-stalk holly)

Being addicted to special and rare plants I could not miss this unique holly which comes from the USA and is extremely hard to find in Europe. I cannot figure out why knowing that it proves to be one of the hardiest and at the same time utterly beautiful evergreen plants. ...


	3 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex rotunda 'Minzong' RED DOT
(Kurogane holly - self-fertile)

RED DOT is one of my most beloved holly varieties. It was born in French nursery Minier and patented in Europe as EU54100 in 2020. It makes handsome foliage than not many other hollies can beat. Its evergreen leaves are 4-6 ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'BALEARICA'
(Highclere holly - female)

Balearica is another large-leaved Highclere holly. It has dark green and highly glossy leaves that are broadly ovate, evergreen, leathery, shallowly spined at margins, and decorated with conspicuous light green veins. New f ...


	3 - 5m	1.5 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'BELGICA'
(Highclere holly - spineless - female)

Belgica is another spineless Highclere holly that is rare both in cultivation as well as in garden centres. It is a beautiful and robust plant producing quite large, 7-10 cm long, widely elliptic, evergreen, flat, deep gree ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'CAMELLIIFOLIA'
(Highclere holly)

Camelliifolia is a beautiful and robust plant that is not very new worldwide but has not yet been in wide cultivation in Europe. Which is a pity. It is an elegant and densely leaved, evergreen holly with entire, mostly spineless, elliptic, camellia-like leaves with a hard tip. T ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'GOLDEN KING'
(Highclere holly)

Golden King holly is a beautiful and easy to grow shrub with almost spineless leaves. They are oval to rounded, deep green in the centre and richly varigated yellow at the margins. The colder the weather, the deeper yellow margins. Golden King name, however, is a sort of a screw-up: this p ...


	1 - 2m			5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'LAWSONIANA'
(Highclere holly)

Lawsoniana is my favourite. It is a female, variegated version of male plant Hendersonii which is just green. The leaves of Lawsoniana are deep green at the margins, grading through light green towards bright yellow centres. They are curled which gives the plant an extraordinary appear ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'WILSONII'
(Highclere holly)

Wilsonii is a rare variety of Highclere holly. It bears 5-7 cm long, oval to oblong, deep green and very glossy leaves. They are mildly spiny when young and lose spines as the plant grows taller than 1m, then new leaves become mostly entire with just one sharp tip. It is a femal ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x koehneana 'CHESTNUT LEAF'
(Koehne holly)

Chestnut Leaf is probably the most common variety when you happen to come across a Koehne holly in Europe early 21st century. I am giving this date deliberately in case you are reading this article in 2050 or later, laughing how come that we used to be so deprived having just one Koehne holly then. ...


	2 - 6m	1.5 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE BUNNY'
(blue holly)

Blue Bunny is a nice newcomer among blue hollies from Canada. It is a brother (male variety) of Golden Girl which is a female version with yellow berries. Blue Bunny is a perfect pollinator for all female varieties of b ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE PRINCE®'
(blue holly)

Blue Prince® is probably the most popular variety of all so-called blue hollies. It is a male plant that does not produce fruits but is a pollinator for female plants of this group (e.g. Blue Princess). On the other hand, it grows faster than female varieties and has larger ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'CASANOVA®'
(blue holly)

We are always happy to hear about any success as far as increasing plants hardiness. And when it happens and a new plant variety is hardy and at the same time beautiful we are lost for words. Casanova® is the one that left us speechless. It is a brand new variety that was only in 2 ...


	1.5 - 2.5m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENPRACHT'
(blue holly)

Germany has another novelty among blue hollies. Its name is Heckenpracht and it is a cross between ilex aquifolium Pyramidalis and ilex x meserveae Blue Prince® ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'JADE STAR'
(blue holly)

Jade Star is an attractive version of a blue holly with variegated leaves. It was found by W.Renken in 1994 as a sport of another very popular blue holly variety Blue ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'LITTLE STRANGER'
(blue holly)

Little Stranger is a rare, compact growing blue holly variety from Germany. It is an upright, slow growing shrub with evergreen foliage. Leaves are very dark green, narrowly lance-shaped, almost spineless or just gently ser ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'Hach 1' HECKENBLAU®
(blue holly)

HECKENBLAU® ('Hedge Blue') is another Hecken- variety of so-called blue holly, again from Germany. It is an upright, moderately growing shrub with evergreen foliage. Leaves are dark green, broadly elliptic to almost ro ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'Mondo' LITTLE RASCAL®
(blue holly)

Little Rascal® is a beautiful new variety of blue holly, found in US nursery Monrovia in 1996 as a natural mutation of another blue holly called Blue Boy. The plant exhibits unique features, distinctly different ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae GOLDEN GIRL®
(blue holly)

GOLDEN GIRL ® is probably the first ever patented holly with yellow berries in the world, US plant patent 7652 from 1990, as a cross between ilex aquifolium ´Fructa Lutea´and ilex rugosa . Yellow fruits are an awesome feature because it never happened with any other blue ho ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae BLUE MAID®
(blue holly)

Blue Maid® is a female variety of blue holly. It produces abundance of tiny, white flowers in spring that are followed by attractive berries in autumn. They are bright red and glossy, and remain on the plant until the ...


	1.5 - 3.5m	1 - 1.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENFEE®'
(blue holly)

Heckenfee® is a new variety of blue holly from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 2000. It is a female variety of its male form Heckenstar. This means that this cross produces berries. Outside Europe it is distributed under trade name Castle Spire™. ...


	2 - 3m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Incarvillea delavayi
(hardy gloxinia)

Hardy gloxinia is a beautiful perennial with eye-catching, almost exotic looking flowers which decorates the garden with showy flowers in early summer and attractive leaves until autumn. Tubular, widely trumpet-shaped flowers are deep rose-pink, yellow throated, and are borne on 10-25 cm l ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Indigofera heterantha
(Himalayan indigo)

Himalayan indigo is an unusual shrub from, wonder of wonders, Himalayas. Its deciduous, compound leaves are pale green and look like miniature locust leaves. Flowers cannot be compared to anything you normally see growing in Central European gardens. They are pea-like, formed in erect racemes ...