Holly Shrubs & Trees - Ilex species - Deep Dive into this Genus
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Ilex or Holly are some of the best, most robust shrubs and trees for gardeners with cold winters. These high performing, low maintenance shrubs tend to be very deer resistant and able to withstand quite cold temperatures in the winter. Not to mention, many of them produce incredibly beautiful berries that are red, orange, yellow, or dark purple.
In this video we take a look at 10 different kinds of Holly, both evergreen and deciduous species, we explore ways to use them, popular cultivars, and other reasons that make Holly such lovely plants.
I also explain what it means to be dioecious, or having both male and female plants. And how we can locate them at a local nursery.
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0:33 Ilex crenata Boxwood Holly
1:49 Ilex glabra Inkberry
3:09 what is dioecious
5:30 Ilex x meservae Blue Holly
6:27 Ilex aquifolium English Holly
8:33 Ilex opaca American Holly
10:00 Ilex verticilata
11:04 Ilex pedunculosa
11:55 Ilex hybrids Burfod, Nellie Stevens, Oakleaf
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Another very helpful video. And,being a night owl, I love when your videos drop.
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Hi Devin . Thanks for the amazing information about the beautiful holly shrubs . Have a wonderful day .🌿
I hope you enjoyed it!
Love learning from you , thanks ! Plants are amazing
Thank you :) I love the Hollies
I really needed this video right now.
especially with all the wintery weather, these plants look awesome
Ilex opaca is real winner! Lots of old cemeteries here in Kentucky and southern Indiana have them. The mature trees often have beautiful conical shapes. And the females are loaded with berries. One of the best native ornamental trees that North America has to offer.
I totally agree! They’re absolute stunners
Wow…what an impressive presentation. I have used your information for my indoor and outdoor plants. Thanks Devin. I think you would make an excellent college professor.
Thank you for that awesome compliment! This video took a lot of time and research so I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it :)
O my gosh. I was waiting for a long time for a video like this. ❤❤❤Love berries and hollies. ❤Very clear and informative video. Would love to know European versions of hollies. What I see around (living in Europe) the variegated one that I love the most but even some of the others. Great explanation. Thanks. 😊😊
Thank you for watching!! these are some of my favorite plants, they just look incredible all year long
I think deer resistance is regional, possibly herd specific, as my ilex opaca is severely pruned by deer every single year...but it recovers nicely and stays relatively small (under 4 ft x 4 ft) with minimal pruning. I'm in z5b/6a Massachusetts.
Adding that nothing seems deer resistant in spring because the fawns will try everything!
And here's a trick I use to protect hosta from deer: take some shrub/tree branch trimmings equal to the height of the hosta at full size plus 5 or 6 inches and no thicker than your pinky finger. Set the cut branches through the hosta in a sputnik-like pattern - just push them into the soil around the base of your hosta. You end up with little spikes sticking out. You'll need at least 6 per hosta, 8 for a big hosta. The deer hit the branch spikes with their noses and back off. Once your hosta has grown in, the spikes are no longer visible. Works a treat!
I can’t believe they eat yours! Deer eat all my plants but haven’t touched my holly at all! Thanks for the tip for protecting the hostas, I love it
Such a beautiful selection of holly shrubs! My only word of caution would be to minimize planting male and female Chinese, Japanese, or English holly for berries, as that is the main pathway for them to become locally invasive. Non-native shrub honeysuckles, privet, and multiflora rose are highly invasive in my area and they are all spread heavily through their berries. Of course they also have other traits that make them invasive, but non-native shrubs producing berries seems like one common denominator. Cultivars of the native Washington and green hawthorn also have showy berries and tolerate alkaline soil.
Thanks for the comment! we have tons of horrible honeysuckle and multiflora roses here, they are destroying the landscape. I think they tend to be significantly more vigorous than Ilex, but your comment is very worthwhile to consider.