Plant: Little Red - Holly
Holly · Ilex x 'Little Red'
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More about this plant
Little Red is described as the smallest of the red hollies, a dense and compact broadleaf evergreen shrub reaching roughly 6 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide with shiny dark green foliage and red berries. It takes shearing well and can be trained as a pyramid, box or oval specimen. Plant it in full sun to partial shade in well drained soil, and use it for foundation plantings, low screens and clipped forms.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 10 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Little Red is described as the smallest of the red hollies, a dense and compact broadleaf evergreen shrub reaching roughly 6 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide with shiny dark green foliage and red berries. It takes shearing well and can be trained as a pyramid, box or oval specimen. Plant it in full sun to partial shade in well drained soil, and use it for foundation plantings, low screens and clipped forms.
