Dwarf sky pencil holly plus#

Dwarf sky pencil holly plus#

It is heavy-fruiting, with true red fruit, plus the leaves are textured and dark green and glossy. It is similar to ‘Afterglow’, but more upright in growth. ‘Cacapon’ – This plant grows to 5′ tall, possible more. chrysocarpa) is a naturally-occuring yellow-fruited form. The habit is around 5′ tall slightly larger than ‘Red Sprite’. It blooms early, thus it is best pollinated by ‘Jim Dandy’ or other early- flowering male selections. These fruit are less persistent than most red fruited forms, plus they may discolor easily. ‘Aurantiaca’ – An unusual form, this cultivar produces orange-red fruit that fade to orange-yellow. It is compact growing (to 10′ tall and wide) with large orange-red berries maturing to orange. ‘Afterglow’ – This form features glossy green leaves that are smaller than typical. These further cultivar and pollination notes come from the University of Connecticut: How many males do you need? Most experts recommend 1 male for every 5 female hollies. vomitoria) – seems to get enough pollen from unknown sources to have nice berries most years. Better fruit set occurs when it is pollinated by a close-at-hand Ilex x ‘Edward J. It sets seed and berries without requiring a pollinator. decidua) is usually sufficiently pollinated by American holly ‘Red Escort’ is a male form. ‘Savannhah’ holly ( Ilex x attenuata ‘Savannah’) is also pollinated by American holly. ‘Foster’ holly ( Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’) typically gets enough pollen from nearby American hollies but ‘Foster #4′ is a male plant. ‘Apollo’, ‘Raritan Chief’, ‘Jim Dandy’ and ‘Southern Gentleman’ are consorts readily available at nurseries that sell the female holly varieties. verticillata) requires a male plant to bear noticeable numbers of fruit. aquifolium) usually gets enough pollen from American holly but ‘Gold Coast’ is a male form.

‘Jersey Knight’ brings the required male presence if you have no hollies within a quarter mile.Įnglish holly ( I. Hollies for Alabama – Pollination EXCELLENT!Īmerican holly ( Ilex opaca) grows wild in the woods near most homes so male pollen should be available if you have greenspace nearby. Holly Flowers – Determining Male vs Female The multitude of plants flowering each spring should give you plenty of opportunities to bring up a subject that is vitally important to gardeners and to parents! Speaking as the father of a male child, let me attest that conversations about plant procreation are much easier than those about human breeding. The accompanying chart gives holly pollination basics. Though a couple of hollies set fruit in the absence of a male, the resulting berries have sterile seeds. In some cases it doesn’t have to be pollen from the same species. Most hollies, whether evergreen or bare in winter, require a male holly to provide pollen to insure fruit set. They wondered, though, if there must be a male pollinator for every species of holly in a landscape. The folks knew that hollies have male and female plants, and that only the females bear berries.

I spoke at a training meeting for nursery personnel recently and was inundated with questions about how hollies pollinate.