Woody Ornamentals
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Ilex decidua Possumhaw, Yaupon, Meadow holly Z 5-9
The beauty is in the berries, orange-red berries ripen in September and persist throughout the winter to dazzle the landscape, until mid-March when new growth begins on this small, deciduous tree.
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The beauty is in the berries, orange-red berries ripen in September and persist throughout the winter to dazzle the landscape, until mid-March when new growth begins on this small, deciduous tree.
Size: 10-15’ x 10-15’
Care: sun to part-shade in acidic, moist to moist well-drained soil, OK in clay
Native: SE & Central US
Wildlife Value: The fruit attracts birds, deer and some small mammals, including opossums, but is poisonous to people.
Awards: Oklahoma Proven 2001Described in literature in 1788.
Dave’s Garden: The origin of common name holly dates back to the 11th century, where the German word hulis and Old English term holegn both refer to holly. Then as now, the Gaelic term for holly is cuileann.**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Ilex verticillata Winterberry holly Z 3-9 FEMALE
White flowers in May turning to dense clusters of lurid red berries lasting from fall into winter.
White flowers in May turning to dense clusters of lurid red berries lasting from fall into winter.
Size: 6-16’ x 6-10’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained, acidic soil
Native: Canada to FL, West to Wisconsin and MO.
Wildlife Value: important food for winter birds incl. Robins & ChickadeesCollected before 1753 by John Bartram who called it “Prinos.” Jefferson described the Winterberry on March 1 in Virginia, “the swamps in this neighborhood are now red with this berry…(it is) peculiar to America and is a real treasure.” L H Bailey (1933) called it,”one of the best hardy shrubs with ornamental fruits.” Dave’s Garden: The origin of common name holly dates back to the 11th century, where the German word hulis and Old English term holegn both refer to holly. Then as now, the Gaelic term for holly is cuileann.
Require a male and female plant for cross pollination. This is the female plant that will produce the berries. Generally only 1 male shrub should be needed to pollinate 6-10 female shrubs.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Ilex verticillata Winterberry holly Z 3-9 MALE
White flowers in May.
White flowers in May. Male plants will not produce berries, but a Male shrub is needed to pollinate the female shrubs.
Size: 6-16’ x 6-10’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained, acidic soil
Native: Canada to FL, West to Wisconsin and MO.Collected before 1753 by John Bartram who called it “Prinos.” Jefferson described the Winterberry on March 1 in Virginia, “the swamps in this neighborhood are now red with this berry…(it is) peculiar to America and is a real treasure.” L H Bailey (1933) called it,”one of the best hardy shrubs with ornamental fruits.” Dave’s Garden: The origin of common name holly dates back to the 11th century, where the German word hulis and Old English term holegn both refer to holly. Then as now, the Gaelic term for holly is cuileann.
Require a male and female plant for cross pollination. This is the male plant needed to pollinate the females. Generally only 1 male shrub should be needed to pollinate 6-10 female shrubs.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Kolkwitzia amabilis Beautybush Z. 5-9 SHRUB
Profuse pale to dark pink bell flowers with yellow throats grace this arching shrub in early summer
Profuse pale to dark pink bell flowers with yellow throats grace this arching shrub in early summer
Size: 10’ x 12’
Care: Full sun in well-drained soil. Flowers on last season’s wood so prune just after blooms fade.
Native: ChinaNamed for Richard Kolkwitz, botany professor in Berlin. First introduced to the West by Ernest Henry “Chinese” Wilson who found it in the mountains near Ichang and sent its seeds to the Veitch Nursery in England in 1901. Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum received the shrub in 1907. It was one of Wilson’s favorite plants out of his hundreds of finds. Wilson wrote, “(a)mong the deciduous-leaved shrubs that central and western China has given to American gardens Kolkwitzia stands in the front rank.” Arnoldia 68/2.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
