Ilex x attenuata –
Blackwater Holly
Description: Evergreen hybrid seedling
of East Palatka Holly similar to Fosters # 1
with a greater drought and soil saturation
tolerance Female with heavy small bright red
fruit set, young stems purple in color turning
gray brown
Shape: Open heavy branched tree if grown naturally
tight conical when sheared
Size: 15’ x 8’ - 10’
Growth Rate: Moderate to slow
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10

Ilex x attenuata –
Eagleson Holly
Description: Glossy dark green leaves with white
flowers in spring an red berries in late fall and winter
Shape: Slender conical shrub to small single or
multi-stem tree
Size: 30’ x 10’ - 20’
Growth Rate: Fast to moderate
Exposure: Part shade to full sun, best in full sun
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9

Ilex x attenuata –
Savannah Holly
Description: Spiny dull dark green leaves accented in
the fall with heavy clusters of red berries in fall and
winter
Shape: Narrow open pyramidal to columnar form
Size: 30’ - 35’ x 6’ - 8’
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Part shade to full sun
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Spec Sheet

Ilex cassine –
Berryhill Holly
Description: Evergreen female cassine with large medium green serrated leaf, heavy fruit set with
red berries
Shape: Upright with full crown
Size: 15’ - 20’ x 10’
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Full sun to filtered light
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Spec Sheet

Ilex cassine –
Dodd’s Yellow Holly
Description: Open upright evergreen with small
serrated dark green foliage, bright yellow berries in
fall and winter, excellent landscape plant
Shape: Upright open small tree, often multi-trunked
Size: 12’ - 15’ x 8’
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Spec Sheet

Ilex cassine –
Perdido Holly
Description: Tom Dodd # 3 selection from the north
end of Escambia Bay medium green elliptic foliage
with fall maturing persistent fruit
Shape: Pyramidal
Size: 20’ x 8’
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Spec Sheet

Ilex cassine –
Suwannee Holly
Description: Evergreen female Dahoon collected from
seedling field production in Central Florida, typical of
Central Florida’s cassine populations with large
medium green leaf and a heavy red berry set
Shape: Spreading full crown
Size: 15’ x 10’
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Full sun to filtered light
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Spec Sheet

Ilex cassine –
Tensaw Holly
Description: Tom Dodd # 3 selection evergreen with
light green ovate leaves with new flush that darkens
with age, small white flowers followed by red berries,
heavy branched rounded crown at maturity
Shape: Rounded crown
Size: 15’ x 20’ x 10’ - 15’
Growth Rate: Slow
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9
Spec Sheet

Ilex cornuta –
Fineline Holly
Description: Shiny dark green foliage with
red berries
Shape: Upright pyramidal conical
Size: 20’ x 30’, can be maintained smaller by
annual shearing
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 8
Spec Sheet

Ilex latifolia x cornuta –
East Bay Holly
Description: Dense large leaf evergreen with large
heavily serrated dark green – slight revolt leaves,
very heavy clusters of bright red berries in fall and
winter. A Tom Dodd selection given as a seedling to
Mr. Plank, Sr. of Plank’s Nursery, South Santa Rosa County, Florida
Shape: Pyramidal when young, upright full crown
with maturity
Size: 30’ x 10’
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9

Ilex latifolia x cornuta –
Emily Bruner Holly
Description: Medium to large dark green leaves with
many prominent spines, heavy red fruit persistent fall
through early spring
Shape: Broad dense pyramidal
Size: 20’ x 8’
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9

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