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Ilex amelanchier (female)
Common Name: Holly, Serviceberry Holly or Swamp Holly
This rare holly native to the Southern U.S. is a tall deciduous shrub or small tree with dull matte finish red fruits on long stems. Oval leaves to 4 inches long suggestive of Amelanchier leaves, hence "Shadbush Holly". This holly occurs along black...

Ilex amelanchier (male)
Common Name: Holly, Serviceberry Holly or Swamp Holly
This rare holly native to the Southern U.S. is a tall deciduous shrub or small tree with dull matte finish red fruits on long stems. Oval leaves to 4 inches long suggestive of Amelanchier leaves, hence "Shadbush Holly". This holly occurs along black...

Ilex buergeri (female)
Common Name: Holly, Shii-Mochi
Rare Japanese holly, forming a tall narrow, evergreen column. Leathery leaves. Small red berries on female plant (See GAH, HRT)...

Ilex cassine (female)
Common Name: Dahoon Holly
Evergreen shrub or small tree with bright green oval, slightly toothed leaves and abundant small bright berries(on female). Usually found in swampy conditions but grows well on ordinary garden soils that are acidic. Can be used for screen, hedge, or ...

Ilex cassine forma aureo-bractea
Common Name: Yellow-berried Dahoon Holly
Evergreen shrub or small tree with bright green oval, slightly toothed leaves and abundant small bright berries(on female). Usually found in swampy conditions but grows well on ordinary garden soils that are acidic. Can be used for screen, hedge, or ...

Ilex coriacea
Common Name: Large Gallberry
Large Gallberry is a tall evergreen shrub found in wet acid soils in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain where it often occurs with the related Inkberry Holly (Ilex glabra). It is usually a larger plant with larger and broader leaves and slightly la...

Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil (female)'
Common Name: Japanese Holly 'Sky Pencil'
Japanese cultivar of the familiar Japanese Holly distributed by Sylvester March of the U.S. National Arboretum. Dense plant with small evergreen leaves and black berries typical of Ilex crenata but this clone is very narrow tight column befitting the...

Ilex decidua 'Warrens Red'
Common Name: Possumhaw Holly 'Warren's Red'
Possumhaw is a deciduous holly that can be a shrub or small tree. It is native on bottomlands and moister upland sites in the southeastern U.S. It is better adapted to high pH soils than I. verticillata. Female plants produce abundant crops of showy ...

Ilex glabra ''Leucocarpa''
Common Name: Holly, White-berried Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra, the Inkberry or Gallberry Holly is a very hardy evergreen shrub found on moist acid soil in much of eastern coastal North America. It is a versatile ornamental shrub for garden use and can be a neat and attractive shrub in sunny sites...


Ilex glabra (male)
Common Name: Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra, the Inkberry or Gallberry Holly is a very hardy evergreen shrub found on moist acid soil in much of coastal North America. It is a versatile ornamental shrub for garden use and can be a neat and attractive shrub in sunny sites with acid...

Ilex integra
Common Name: Holly, Mochi
Evergreen tree with non-spiny dark green leaves and large red berries on female plants. A very ornamental holly native to Japan but not commonly seen in the U.S. Probably best for the coastal areas of the Southeast. ...

Ilex mutchagara
Common Name: Shima-inu-tsuge Holly

Upright evergreen shrub similar to Japanese Holly (I. crenata) and sometimes considered a variety of it found on Okinawa. The small evergreen leaves have marginal teeth but no spines. A little known shrub with open graceful habit and black fruit o...


Ilex myrtifolia
Common Name: Myrtleleaf Holly

Usually a small tree. Much smaller leaves than I. cassine. Not suitable for chalky soils. Evergreen leaves are extremely small with prominent midrib. Abundant bright red fruit on females. Often grows in intermittent ponds. Sandy, acid, moist soil....


Ilex myrtifolia (yellow-berried)
Common Name: Myrtleleaf Holly (yellow-berried)
Myrtleaf Holly is a large evergreen shrub or small tree found in seasonally flooded wetland sites with acid soil in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern U.S. The very small narrow leaves are distinctive. Female plants typically have abundant red b...

Ilex myrtifolia x opaca 'Sand Pond'
Common Name: Holly 'Sand Pond' Hybrid
A Woodlanders introduction, this hybrid of American Holly (Ilex opaca) and Myrtleleaf Holly (Ilex myrtifolia) has small evergreen leaves somewhat like Ilexcassine x Ilex opaca 'Foster'. It produces abundant large red berries. Expected to make a sma...

Ilex opaca 'Fallaw'
Common Name: Yellow-berried American Holly 'Fallaw'
Ilex opaca, the familiar American Holly, is a medium size evergreen tree with spines on the margins and tips of the tough leathery leaves and red berries on the female plants. It is widespread in eastern U.S. on well-drained woodland sites and a wid...

Ilex opaca 'William Hawkins'
Common Name: Holly, 'William Hawkins'

Ilex opaca, the familiar American Holly, is a medium size evergreen tree with spines on the margins and tips of the tough leathery leaves and red berries on the female plants. It is widespread in eastern U.S. on well-drain...


Ilex opaca (male) 'Jersey Knight'
Common Name: Holly, 'Jersey Knight' American Holly

The male clone 'Jersey Knight' is an American Holly selected from the wild in New Jersey in 1945.   It is a vigorous plant selected for its dark, semi-glossy, olive-green leaves and its value as a pollenator.  It is pyramidal in you...


Ilex pedunculosa (female)
Common Name: Longstalk Holly
Small to medium size evergreen holly tree native to eastern Asia. Leaves not spiny and more like Kalmia than "Holly-like". Noteworthy as a beautiful but slow growing tree that is one of the hardiest evergreen hollies with red fruit Berries are bor...

Ilex pedunculosa (male)
Common Name: Longstalk Holly
Small to medium size evergreen holly tree native to eastern Asia. Leaves not spiny and more like Kalmia than "Holly-like". Noteworthy as a beautiful but slow growing tree that is one of the hardiest evergreen hollies with red fruit Berries are bor...

Ilex serrata x verticellata 'Apollo'
Common Name: Apollo Deciduous Holly

This hybrid deciduous holly was developed and released by the U.S. National Arboretum as a pollenator for their variety 'Sparkleberry'.  Apollo is not unattractive but is best planted as a background plant in proximity to poll...


Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'
Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Red Sprite'
Winterberry Holly is a small to medium size multi-stem decidous shrub found in moist to wet soils over much of the eastern U.S. The female plants produce masses of very showy red berries on the bare stems and make a striking effect in late fall and ...

Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'
Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Southern Gentleman'
Winterberry Holly is a small to medium size multi-stem decidous shrub found in moist to wet soils over much of the eastern U.S. The female plants produce masses of very showy red berries on the bare stems and make a striking effect in late fall and ...

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red (female)'
Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Winter Red'
Winterberry Holly is a small to medium size multi-stem decidous shrub found in moist to wet soils over much of the eastern U.S. The female plants produce masses of very showy red berries on the bare stems and make a striking effect in late fall and ...

Ilex verticillata x serrata 'Sparkleberry'
Common Name: Holly, 'Sparkleberry' Winterberry hybrid
Upright deciduous shrub. Persistent bright fruit. Pollinated by 'Raritan Chief'. (See DIR, F&J)...

Ilex vomitoria 'Hoskins Shadow'
Common Name: Holly 'Hoskins Shadow'
Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including d...

Ilex vomitoria 'Yawkey'
Common Name: Yellow-berried Yaupon Holly
Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including d...

Ilex vomitoria 'Dewerth (male)'
Common Name: Yaupon Holly 'Dewerth'
Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including d...

Ilex vomitoria 'Folsom's Weeping'
Common Name: Holly, Weeping Yaupon Holly
Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including dw...

Ilex vomitoria (female) 'Gold Top'
Common Name: Holly, 'Gold Top' Yaupon Holly

This Yaupon Holly has golden new growth. A Woodlanders' introduction which we found as a single plant in Calhoun County, Texas. Dense evergreen shrub or small tree with abundant beautiful scarlet fruit which generally holds fall th...


Ilex vomitoria (female) 'Virginia Dare'
Common Name: Yaupon Holly 'Virginia Dare'
Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including d...

Ilex vomitoria (male)
Common Name: Yaupon Holly (male)

This is the pollnator needed for good fruit set on female Ilex vomitoria.  Yaupon Holly is a dense evergreen shrub or small tree with abundant beautiful scarlet fruit on female plants.  The berries generally hold...


Ilex vomitoria (male) 'Will Fleming'
Common Name: Will's Upright Yaupon Holly
A very unusual narrow upright form of this versatile evergreen. It was found in east Texas by Will Fleming. An exclamation mark to 15'. Keep tight by pruning. A great new fastigiate male. Good plant for narrow space....

Ilex x 'Bronze Beauty'
Common Name: Holly 'Bronze Beauty'
'Bronze Beauty' is a pyramidal evergreen hybrid holly with small dark green coarsely toothed leaves. Young leaves are beautiful bronze color. This holly is a female seedling of presumed parentage (Ilex x attenuata x Ilex aquipernyi ?) and is one of m...

Ilex x attenuata 'Alagold'
Common Name: Holly 'Alagold' Hybrid

A yellow-berried seedling of Foster #2 hybrid. Dark olive green leaves. Pyramidal growth habit. Introduced by Webb and Rainbow Nursery in Alabama. May be pollinated by I. opaca.

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Illicium anisatum
Common Name: Japanese Anise Tree
Japanese Anise is a glossy leaf upright evergreen shrub or small tree with aromatic leaves and pale yellow starfish-shaped flowers in early spring. This species is uncommon in American gardens but our native Illicium parviflorum has been widely sold ...

Illicium floridanum 'Pink Flowered'
Common Name: Florida Anise Tree, Pink-flowered
Florida Anise is a medium size evergreen shrub with dark green lanceolate aromatic leaves and 2 inch starfish-like maroon flowers. It is found in rich moist soil along streams in the central Gulf Coast area from Georgia to Louisiana. It is an an adap...

Illicium floridanum ''Halley's Comet''
Common Name: 'Halley's Comet' Florida Anise Tree
Florida Anise is a medium size evergreen shrub with dark green lanceolate aromatic leaves and 2 inch starfish-like maroon flowers. It is found in rich moist soil along streams in the central Gulf Coast area from Georgia to Louisiana. It is an an ad...

Illicium floridanum var. album
Common Name: White-flowerd Florida Anise Tree
Evergreen ahrub with elliptical leaves that are aromatic when crushed. This is an uncommon white-flowered selection of this normally maroon flowered plant. The flowers which appear in spring are starfish shaped and about 1 inch in diameter. The pl...

Illicium henryi
Common Name: Henry Anise Tree
The Henry Anise tree is a handsome dense pyramidal Chinese shrub with waxy pink flowers and aromatic evergreen leaves. It was probably first made available to American gardeners by Woodlanders after we obtained it from Hillier Nursery in England. It...

Illicium lanceolatum
Common Name: Guandong Star Anise

This anisetree is an upright evergreen Chinese shrub with leathery lanceolate leaves that are aromatic when crushed.  It is somewhat like Illicium henryi and with similar small pink flowers. The star shaped seed capsules are not edib...


Illicium mexicanum x floridanum album 'Woodland Ruby'
Common Name: Anise Tree, Hybrid

'Woodland Ruby' Anisetree is a hybird of Illicium mexicanum and a white flowered form of Illicium floridanum.  This evergreen shrub with aromatic foliage has ruby-pink starfish-like flowers which are lar...


Illicium parviflorum 'Florence'
Common Name: Ocala Anisetree 'Florence' (variegated)
Native to scattered localities in Central Florida, the Ocala Anise is rare in the wild but widely cultivated in the South. It has highly aromatic olive-green foliage that smells like root beer when crushed and small yellow bell-like flowers in summe...

Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine'
Common Name: Ocala Anise 'Florida Sunshine'

A yellow leaf form of Illicium parviflorum (which see) selected and introduced by our friend Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery.  His history and and description is as follows:

We brought three golden seedlings of the rare ...


Indigofera amblyantha
Common Name: Tall Indigo
Our friend Ted Stephens at Nurseries Caroliniana says: "This plant has to be one of my top 10 favorites." It will reach 8 feet plus and flowers from late March to October. Wonderful background in a perennial border as it produces spikes of pea-like...

Indigofera heterantha
Common Name: Himalayan Indigo
Medium to large shrub with rosy purple flowers in 5 inch long racemes produced from axils of the compound leaves summer through fall. Leaves made up of many small leaflets along a midrib. Dr. Michael Dirr in his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants says...

Indigofera incarnata
Common Name: Chinese Indigo
Indigofera incarnata (decora) is a low spreading deciduous shrub legume with compound leaves. It makes a groundcover with summer racemes of pink pea flowers. Suited to sun or part shade. It is native to China...

Indigofera incarnata 'Alba'
Common Name: Chinese Indigo Cultivar
Indigofera incarnata (decora) is a low spreading deciduous shrub legume with compound leaves. It makes a groundcover with summer racemes of pink pea flowers. Suited to sun or part shade. It is native to China. Indigofera incarnata (decora)'Alba' ...

Iris japonica
Common Name: Shaga Iris

Iris japonica is a native of China growing in open forest edges and grasslands, at elevations from 500 to 800 m (1,600 to 2,600 ft). One population at 2,400 to 3,400 m (7,900 to 11,200 ft) in Southwest China is belie...


Iris pseudacorus
Common Name: Yellow Flag
A wetland Iris native to Europe and North Africa but naturalized elsewhere. It is a tall Iris with bright yellow flowers on tall stems. Plant is great for naturalizing around pond edges and even in shallow water but can be fine in ordinary garden b...

Iris sanguinea
Common Name:
This Asian Iris, a relative of I. siberica has narrow, dark green leaves and bears purple flowers on tall slender stems. It forms clumps which can be divided and has done well in our area with minimal care. Plant is sunny bed or border or in semi-sh...

Iris tectorum (blue)
Common Name: Japanese Roof Iris
Scott Ogden in Garden Bulbs for the South says: "Japanese roof iris (I. tectorum) is famous in its native country as a flower for planting on sod roofs, just as housleeks are uesed on cottage roofs of France. In gardens the silky, green fans of leav...

Itea chinensis
Common Name: Chinese Sweetspire
Medium to tall evergreen shrub with oval leaves about 3 inches long and 4 inch spikes of tiny white flowers in spring. This Asian relative of our native Sweetspire has been a good garden plant in the semi-shady border here and deserves to be more wi...

Itea virginica 'Longspire'
Common Name: Virginia Sweetspire 'Longspire'
Introduced by Woodlanders, this is an excellent, long-spired (6 to 8 inches) selection of our native Sweetspire or Virginia Willow (not a willow !) selected by Robert and Julia Mackintosh along the Augusta Canal near the Savannah River in Georgia. A...

Itea virginica 'Sarah Eve'
Common Name: Pink Virginia Sweetspire 'Sarah Eve'
This Woodlanders introduction is the first pink Itea. The flowers are essentially white but the pink pedicels make the racemes distinctly pale pink. This selection found by Nancy Bissett of The Natives in central Florida and was named for her daugh...

Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Common Name: Virginia Sweetspire 'Little Henry'
A new dwarf selection of our native Sweetspire or Virginia Willow (not a willow !) from Richard Feist of Hummingbird Nursery in Kentucky. Low mounded compact shrub to 3 feet. Fragrant white flowers and excellent fall color. A good Itea for the sun...

Itea yunnanensis
Common Name: Yunnan Sweetspire
Evergreen shrub similar to I. chinensis except more low and spreading and with more leathery and darker green leaves that are somewhat holly-like on juvenile plants but with smooth edges on mature plants. The white flowers are in 4 inch racemes in ...
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