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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 cornuta and ilex pernyi. Joseph C. McDaniels (1912-1982) was a renowned horticult ...
3 - 4m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 toothed, mid-sized leaves or deep green colour with rich silver-white marblin ...
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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. They emerge soft green and remain such for a long time until they mature in late summer to dark green. They are very gloss ...
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tarajo (pronounced tarayo) is a large-leaved holly from southern Japan and southeastern China. It is considered a rarity and a collector's gem among evergreen shrubs everywhere outside its native region. No wonder, it was love at first sight for me, too. “Tarayo” means “many leaves ...
2 - 6m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Belgica Aurea is a variegated version of Highclere holly a sport of Belgica variety, found and introduced by a Dutch nursery Koster & Son in 1908. Originally it was erroneously named ilex perdao aurea. Once Highclere hybrid hollies spread out it was corrected to i. x altaclerensis given a name Silve ...
3 - 5m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 appearance. Being a ...
1,5 - 4m
1 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 serrated at margins, and very glossy. As a male variety it has no fruit but is a ...
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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™.
Heckenfee® is a ...
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 rounded, gently serrated at margins but not prickly, and very glossy. Young lea ...
2 - 3,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
