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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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

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	full to partial sun	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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'ARGENTEA MARGINATA'
(English holly - female - STANDARD TREE)

Argentea Marginata is an eye-catching cultivar of variegated English holly. Its sharply serrated, evergreen leaves are almost identical to those of the species but moreover are decorated with a wide brim of creamy white col ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'HARPUNE'
(common holly)

Harpune is another novelty among English hollies. It is a mutation of another variety called Alaska. The main difference is in the leaves which are not spiny along the margins, but only have a medium sharp tip. They are narrowly elliptic, mid to dark green and very glossy. Harpu ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'MYRTIFOLIA AUREA MACULATA'
(English holly - male)

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	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'MYRTIFOLIA'
(English holly - male)

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	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'TOSCANA'
(spineless holly)

Toscana is a new selection of evergreen, spineless holly from Italy from early 2000’s. It has medium-sized (about 3-5 cm long), rich emerald green, glossy leaves that lack almost any spines, only the tip is a bit sharp-ish. Toscana is a female variety that produces small a ...


	1.5 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'Hachzwerg' HECKENZWERG®
(English holly - male)

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	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°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	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex colchica
(Black Sea holly - female)

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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex cornuta 'ANICET DELCAMBRE'
(Chinese holly - female)

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	full sun to shade	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	full sun to shade	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	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'TWIGGY'
(Japanese holly)

Many people mistake Japanese holly for buxus thanks to its small, evergreen leaves. Twiggy is slightly different. Its leaves are lighter green, very soft green as they emerge and mid green in summer along deep burgundy red ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.6 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	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 - 2m	full sun to shade	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	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex glabra 'SMNIGAB17' GEMBUX®
(inkberry)

GEMBUX®, in America sold as GEM BOX®, is a true gem among inkberry varieties. It is renowned for extremely dense, rounded habit and slow growth, making it a great substitu ...


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

Ilex x altaclerensis 'BELGICA AUREA'
(Highclare holly - spineless - female)

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 w ...


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

Ilex x koehneana 'CHESTNUT LEAF'
(Koehne holly - female)

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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x koehneana 'CHESTNUT LEAF'
(Koehne holly - female - STANDARD TREE)

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, laughin ...


	2 - 6m	1.5 - 3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE PRINCESS'
(blue holly)

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 ...


	1.5 - 3m		full to partial sun	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	full sun to shade	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	full to partial sun	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	full to partial sun	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 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	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	full to partial sun	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	1 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENSTAR®'
(blue holly)

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 R ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	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	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'HONEY GLAZED'
(bearded iris)

Honey Glazed is as beautiful as delicious sounds its name. This bearded iris makes large flowers with dark amber orange falls (lower petals) and soft yellow standards (upper petals). Sword-like leaves are deciduous, pale gr ...


	0.6 - 0.7m		full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'ON EDGE'
(bearded iris)

On Edge is a beautiful bearded iris variety of three colours – top (standard) tepals are soft lavender violet, and the beard is of pure white base and dark violet-blue brim. Sword-like leaves are deciduous, pale green ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'PERFUME COUNTER'
(bearded iris)

There is beauty in simplicity. True. And if you design a landscape with many flowers of different colours, a variety with a solid colour without any disturbing multi-coloured elements will come in handy. Perfume Counter is a bearded i ...


	0.8 - 1m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SIVA SIVA'
(bearded iris)

Many beautiful plants bear names of significant or famous people of various fields. So why not calling one a name of god! Precisely one of Indian gods Siva. And to prove our point say it twice: Siva Siva. This bearded iris ...


	0.8 - 1m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SUNSET SKY'
(bearded iris)

I was always attracted by flowers whose variety names included the word sunset because I love all colours of setting sun. This bearded iris named Sunset Sky has a unique combination of pale golden yellow of the standards an ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SUPERSTITION'
(bearded iris)

Superstition is one of the few highly valued extra dark flowering varieties of bearded iris. It produces large, deep violet blue to almost black, very glossy petals with amethyst hues and beard. The throat is golden but too ...


	0.8 - 1m		full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris setosa
(beachhead iris)

Beachhead iris is one of many wild species grown in cold and temperate regions of Northern Hemisphere. Its native habitat is Alaska, Canada, Siberia, as northern parts of Asia (China, Korea as well as Japan). Most common and possible the most beautiful is the b ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris sibirica 'UNCORKED'
(Siberian iris)

Uncorked is a funny name for this Siberian iris. So let’s drink out of its bottle of beauty. It makes pastel violet falls with golden yellow centres and violet veins, and soft violet to sky blue standards. Narrow leav ...