It also makes a wonderful specimen on a larger lawn, or planted in pairs at an entrance gateway or spaced out along a drive. Use it as a background plant for smaller shrubs and flowers, as well as a great way to fill a corner of your property. Plant it in partially shaded areas beneath large deciduous trees. The Nellie Stevens Holly is not just a great plant for screening, it also makes a wonderful specimen in the garden. It gives you all this, plus there is the added bonus of a crop of striking red berries to brighten the dark days of winter and decorate your house for the festive season. It is also pest-free, rapid growing (but not in need of constant trimming), and shade-tolerant too a rare feature in screening trees. This reliable tree satisfies so many needs – it has beautiful, dense, dark-green foliage. It is best if these are evergreen, and there are several evergreen trees that are suitable, but when looking for an evergreen for screening, it is hard to look past Nellie Stevens Holly trees. For any of these reasons, we need fast growing – but attractive and durable – plants as screens. We may be near a busy road, or have an unsightly view in one direction or another. Screening is a vital part of almost every garden, as our gardens are often overlooked by neighbors. This is the only holly that will produce berries without a male plant around. Gives the height needed to screen from tall buildings and yet can be kept narrow too. Dense evergreen growth and bright-red berriesįor a screen on a larger property, this tree takes some beating! Tough, tolerant of urban conditions and poor soil, the Nellie Stevens Holly will maintain its dense growth without clipping or form a solid hedge that will keep out a tank.Tolerates air-pollution, poor-drainage, drought and hard soil.Perfect choice for hotter regions – heat and drought resistant.Perfect choice for a larger bush or tall screen – 20 feet tall or more.The dense growth makes it an excellent choice for permanent screening for privacy or to obscure unattractive views. It is shade-tolerant, with spiny, rich, dark-green leaves 2 to 4 inches long. We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all.įor a holly that tolerates poor soil, bad drainage, drought and dense shade, look no further than the Nellie Stevens Holly. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. The short & sweet answer is: "United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions." Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state. You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home! Why are some states excluded from shipping? Orders typically ship out within 2 business days. How does the delivery process work?Īll of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft. While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes "Gallon Containers", that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid "gallon" size we think of. Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. Usually, if 50% or more of the plant is damaged, it is not going to recover successfully.All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements. Right now, all you can do is to wait to see the extent of the damage and whether there is enough of the plant that is green to warrant keeping it. You cannot repair the exploded cell walls. That's why a cylinder of burlap around, but not touching, the plant is better.Īll you can do is wait to see how bad the damage is. If the burlap was directly on the leaves, moisture can become trapped because of the wrapping and make damage worse. it's not like putting a coat on an animal that makes its own warmth. Wrapping the plant or putting up a burlap screen helps with the wind but does nothing for the cold. If its cell walls are exploded, it is not moving anything anywhere. Some of the damage was not evident until the warmer weather created a need for moisture in the plant to be transported. The plant's cell walls exploded because of the extreme cold. Last winter, we got much colder than -20 several times during February. That means it is hardy when the temperatures are between -20 and zero for zone 5 and 6 and up to 10 to 20 degrees in the winter. Sky Pencil holly ( Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil') is a Japanese holly that is rated for a cold hardiness of zone 5 or 6 (depending on the cultivar) to zone 8.
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