Ilex
- Subject: Ilex
- From: H* o* N* R*
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:00:49 -0400
I grow over 40 varieties of Ilex but I am no expert. I do have one in
Knoxville though. He tells me that many need a specific male. There
are 5 classes of Ilex and they don't cross over that much. So when I
buy a holly I ask if it needs a specific male. Well, Holly Haven has
them. You will get a few strange hollies that do have berries with out
males but most of us want a full crop to decorate with or admire or feed
the birds so that does require the real thing. The Foster can be
trained to stay at 6 feet with annual shearing. I can't find Dirr just
now for the zone limits on Foster. I will do a better search if no one
else can find their Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
Nancy Tennessee zone 6b
