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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
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.
The easiest way to describe IMPALA® holly is to compare it with Japanese box-lea ...

1,5 - 2,5m

0,5 - 1m

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
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 ...

1,5 - 3m

1,3 - 1,8m

full sun to shade

5b (down to -27°C)

for zone 5+6

for zone 7
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

full to partial sun

5b (down to -27°C)

for zone 5+6

for zone 7
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 profusion of small, creamy white flowers in mid spring, followed by abundance of sp ...

1 - 3m

1 - 2m

full sun to shade

5b (down to -27°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
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, attractive leaves, ...

1,5 - 3m

1 - 2m

full to partial sun

5 (down to -29°C)

for zone 5+6

for zone 7
Blue Princess is probably the most popular female variety of blue hollies. It flowers abundantly in the spring and fruits are born in the autumn. They are bright red, shiny berries that remain on the plant until early to mid spring. To produce fruits it needs a male pollinator
e.g. Blue Prince® ...

1,5 - 3m

full to partial sun

5 (down to -29°C)

for zone 5+6

for zone 7
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®.
Heckenpracht is a bushy shrub with upright branches and evergreen, medium large, glossy leaves that are dark green and serrated at ...

1,5 - 2,5m

0,5 - 1,5m

full sun to shade

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
Heckenstar® is quite a novelty from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 1998. It is a cross ilex aquifolium „Pyramidalis“ and ilex x meserveae „Blue Prince“® . The result is a strictly upright growing, very hardy, evergreen shrub. Outside Europe it ...

2 - 3m

0,5 - 1,5m

full to partial sun

5 (down to -29°C)

for zone 5+6

for zone 7
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 birds find them in winter. Once they do they will eat them all. In order to p ...

1,5 - 3,5m

1 - 1,8m

full to partial sun

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