Dahoon Holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree with bright green oval, slightly toothed leaves and abundant small bright red berries(on female plants). Usually found in swampy conditions but grows well on ordinary garden soils that are acid...
Dahoon Holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree with bright green oval, slightly toothed leaves and abundant small bright red berries(on female plants). Usually found in swampy conditions but grows well on ordinary garden soils that are acid...
This yellow-fruited holly is otherwise similar to Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' on which it apparently occured as a branch sport in Columbus, GA in the 1950's where it was found by Fred Galle and propagated at Callaway Gardens. It has dark green evergreen...
This Japanese cultivar of the familiar Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata) was distributed by Sylvester March of the U.S. National Arboretum. It is a dense plant with small evergreen leaves and black berries typical of Ilex crena...
Smooth Winterberry is similar to the common Winterberry (Ilex verticellata) but is much less common in cultivation. The finely toothed deciduous leaves are glossy above and not dull as with common Winterberry. Femal...
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...
American Holly is a pyramidal evergreen tree with spine margined leaves and abundant red berries on female plants. This female selection by Dr. Orton of Rutgers University is reportedly from southern New Jersey. It is outstanding ...
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, 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 site...
This evergreen holly from South America resembles Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine) of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of Yerba mate, the popular and traditional hot beverage in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina where it is ...
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...
This lovely hybrid holly with exceptionally large red berries is probably a hybrid between the popular 'Nellie Stevens' and the Mochi Holly (Ilex integra) which we believe was an unreleased selection from the U.S. National Arboretum....
This evergreen holly is a dense large shrub or small tree. The leaves are relatively small, oblong, glossy, and spine margined . Female plants have red fruit. This holly native to Iran is very rare in America. It is related to English Holly ...
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 an...
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 an...
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 ...
Common Name: Holly, 'Sparkleberry' Winterberry hybrid
Our native Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticellata), its Japanese equivalent (Ilex serrata) and the hybrids between the two are small to medium size multi-stem decidous shrubs. The female plants produce masses...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
'Alagold' is a yellow-berried seedling of Ilex x attenuata Foster #2, a popular evergreen hybrid holly popular in southern landscape plantings. This holly has dark olive green leaves and a pyramidal growth ...
'Hohman' Holly is a large pyramidal evergreen with large, dark green, serrated leaves and abundant red berries. One of several hybrids between the Lusterleaf Holly (Ilex latifolia) and the English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) whic...
Florida Anise is an evergreen ahrub with elliptical leaves that are aromatic when crushed. This is an uncommon white-flowered selection of a normally maroon flowered plant. The flowers which appear in spring are starfish shaped and about 1 inch in...
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...
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:
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 incarnata (decora) is a low spreading deciduous shrub legume with compound leaves. It makes a groundcover with summer racemes of pink pea flowers. It is suited to sun or part shade. It is native to China
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 (de...
Also known as Ipomoea carnea this essentially tropical "Morning Glory" from South America is not a vine but a perennial that grows to 8 feet or more. It has big pink Morning Glory flowers and from a distance may be mi...
This rare night-flowering morning glory from coastal southeastern US is a perennial vine from a large tuber. It is presumed to have been introduced from Yucatan by aboriginal inhabitants in Pre-Columbian times and is sometimes found on Indian shel...
This native Iris is found on lowgrounds in the south central U.S. It has relatively short leaf blades with zig-zag stems and surprisingly large blue flowers that are held above the foliage. It is a good garden plant in moist fertile soil where it spr...
Iris cristata is a dwarf woodland Iris found in interior of eastern U.S. It has rather broad leaf blades arranged in typical Iris fans. The lovely 1 1/2 to 2 inch blue flowers are borne on stems only a few inches high in spring. It is ...
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...
This dwarf iris with blue to purple flowers in spring is native to the southeastern U.S. with outliers in surrounding states. It is sometimes confused with Iris cristata but has more upright narrower leaves and grows in drier habita...
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 oldhamii is an evergreen shrub with compact growth habit. Juvenile leaves can be holly-like but mature leaves are entire. It has racemes of white flowers in late spring. Plant in good soil that is moist but well-drained. In our exper...
This now popular and widely grown selection of our native deciduous Sweetspire or Virginia Willow was first offered by Woolanders in 1985 as "Selected Form". We had propagated it from a plant obtained from the Henry Foundation in Gladwyne, Pennsyl...
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 along the Augusta Canal near the Savannah River in Georgia by our late founders, Robert an...
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...
This Itea from Yunnan, China is an evergreen shrub similar to Itea 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 plan...