ILEX
Ilex aquifolium Ferox Argentea Zone 6
Silver Hedgehog English Holly. Male holly with variegated leaves that have typical spines along the margin and, unusually, spines emerging from the top of the leaves. Grows to 2.4m high and 1.5m wide.
Ilex aquifolium ‘Ferox Argentea’
Ilex crenata Beehive Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Dense, compact mounding shrub. Small bright green leaves. Grows to 90cm high and 1.8m wide.
Ilex crenata Dwarf Pagoda Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Dwarf upright shrub. Crowded, tiny round leaves on short stems that grow in an irregular, sculpted manner. Perfect for bonsai and rock gardens. Grows to 90cm high and 45cm wide.
Ilex crenata ‘Dwarf Pagoda’
Ilex crenata Green Dragon Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Mounding shrub. Congested foliage on short stems that grow in an irregular, sculpted manner. Male. Perfect for bonsai and rock gardens. Grows to 90cm high and 1.2m wide in 10 years.
Ilex crenata Hellerii Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Dwarf mounding shrub. Dense horizontal branching with flat rounded leaves. Grows to 90cm high and 1.2m wide in 10 years.
Ilex crenata ‘Hellerii’
Ilex crenata Mariesii Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Narrow, upright shrub. Small leaves crowded on stiff, ascending stems with short horizontal branching. Small black berries with a male pollinator. Grows slowly to 1.2m high.
Ilex crenata Piccolo Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Dwarf, rounded shrub. Perfect for bonsai, rock gardens and troughs. Very small leaves on stiff arching branches, creeping slowly to 25cm high and 45cm wide.
Ilex crenata Sky Pencil Zone 6
Japanese Holly. Narrow columnar shrub. Strictly upright branches heavily clothed in small rounded leaves. Well suited to topiary. Grows to 2m high and 40cm wide in 10 years.
Ilex x Rock Garden Zone 6
Miniature hybrid holly with dark blue-green leaves on tiny branches. Low, spreading habit. Produces a few bright red berries with a nearby pollinator. Perfect for rock gardens. Grows to 40cm wide in 10 years.
Ilex x ‘Rock Garden’
