(Straughn's Yaupon, Yaupon)

Valued for its dwarf habit and showy fruits, ‘Straughn's' is a cultivar of yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), a small evergreen tree from the Southeast United States. Forming a somewhat open, irregularly branched, shoulder-high shrub, this female selection has small, shiny, rich green leaves with finely toothed edges. Older shrubs often become open at the center. From fall through much of winter, bright red transluscent berries adorn the silver-gray branches. A male companion is required for pollination...

(Will Fleming Yaupon, Yaupon)

This is a highly linear, columnar form of the versitile and tough, yaupon holly. It is most valued for its fine, dense evergreen foliage and strong upright habit. Its small, shiny, oval leaves have fine toothed edges and are bright green to gray-green. In spring it offers inconspicuous fragrant white flowers. This is a male cultivar, so it is not fruit producing.

Perhaps the most adaptable evergreen holly for mild-winter climates, yaupon does well in sun or shade, clay or sand, and acid or...

(Aquipern Holly, Hybrid Holly)

Handsome evergreen leaves and showy fall and winter fruit make this a good four-season ornamental plant. A relatively cold-hardy hybrid of English holly (Ilex aquifolium), it gradually forms a large narrowly conical shrub. The shiny, rich green, diamond-shaped leaves have five to seven short spines along their edges. They crowd the greenish to gray stems. Produced on the previous year's growth, the small yellowish flowers appear in spring, with male and female flowers occurring on separate...

(Aquipern Holly, Hybrid Holly, San Jose Holly)

A hybrid whose ancestry includes English holly (Ilex aquifolium), this large evergreen shrub provides year-round interest with its handsome foliage and showy fall and winter fruit. Narrow and conical in habit, it has shiny, rich green, diamond-shaped leaves with five to seven short spines along their edges. Produced on the previous year's growth, the small yellowish female flowers appear in spring. If they receive pollen from a male English holly or English holly hybrid, the flowers give...

(Topal Holly)

The tough, attractive topal holly is a naturally occurring hybrid between Ilex cassine (dahoon holly) and Ilex opaca (American Holly). The parent plants of this small, evergreen tree are native to the eastern United States. It is a vigorous dense holly with a neat pyramidal habit.

Its lustrous oval leaves have spiny teeth towards the tips and are light or medium green. They are dioecious, which means that a plant either has male or female flowers. The small flowers are white...

(East Palatka Holly, Topal Holly)

The topal holly cultivar ‘East Palatka’ was first discovered in 1927 near East Palatka, Florida. It is more loosely branched and has slightly larger leaves than standard Ilex x attenuata.

The tough, attractive topal holly is a naturally occurring hybrid between Ilex cassine (dahoon holly) and Ilex opaca (American Holly). The parent plants of this small, evergreen tree are native to the eastern United States. It is a vigorous dense holly with a loose pyramidal...

(Foster #2 Topal Holly, Topal Holly)

The tough, attractive topal holly is a hybrid between dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) and American holly (I. opaca). The parent plants of this evergreen tree are native to the eastern United States. The Foster hollies were selected by E.E. Foster of Foster Nursery in Bessemer, Alabama, and released in the 1940s. He selected five plants out of his seed beds, giving them numbers one through five. 'Foster #2' is the most important of the lot. It is a vigorous, dense holly with a very narrow...

(Fosteri Holly, Topal Holly)

Comprising naturally occurring hybrids of the eastern North American natives Dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) and American holly (I. opaca), Foster hollies typically form a small, pyramidal, evergreen tree. They bear elegant slender glossy leaves with spiny tips. Plants are dioecious, producing only male or female flowers. The small white clustered flowers are borne in the leaf axils of the current year's growth. The round bright red berries occur only on female plants. The handsome...

(Dixie Flame™ Holly, Topal Holly)

The outstanding holly, Dixie Flame™, is notable for its neat pyramidal habit and heavy yields of vibrant red berries that appear in fall and are maintained into winter. The tough, attractive topal holly is a naturally occurring hybrid between Ilex cassine and Ilex opaca. Both parent plants of this small, vigorous evergreen tree are native to the eastern United States.

Its lustrous oval leaves are pale to medium green and have spiny teeth towards the tips. Like allo hollies,...

(Marilyn Topal Holly, Topal Holly)

The tough, attractive topal holly is a hybrid between dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) and American holly (I. opaca). The parent plants of this evergreen tree are native to the eastern United States. 'Marilyn' was selected and named by Buddy Hubbuch in honor of his wife. Hubbuch was the first horticulturist at Clermont, Kentucky's Bernheim Arboretum. It is a vigorous, dense holly with a pyramidal habit when mature.

Its lustrous medium to deep green oval leaves have small spiny teeth...