Nellie Stevens Holly

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Nellie Stevens Holly is a vigorous, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and bright red berries, often used for hedges and as an attractive ornamental plant. It presents various advantages when incorporated into landscaping designs, making it a popular and versatile choice for enhancing outdoor spaces. Its stately appearance, year-round interest, adaptability, contributions to privacy, and low-maintenance characteristics combine to create a valuable addition to the landscape.

Nellie Stevens Holly Produces Stunning Greenery

Nellie Stevens Holly's identifying characteristic is its wealth of deep green, glossy leaves. The entire thing is covered in tightly packed leaves that create a mass of lush greenery. Leaves start out as fairly smooth, oval leaves. As they grow, they develop small, pointed lobes along the side of the leaf. The blend of different textures gives this bush a particularly lush look. This tree is an evergreen that remains beautifully green even in winter.

Discover the Nellie Holly's Impressive Shape and Size

This tree can grow very large if desired. Mature bushes can be up to 30 feet high and 12 feet wide. They have extremely dense, tightly-clustered branches all the way to the ground. Even if it grows to maximum size, the untrimmed version has a bushy shape instead of a tree-like structure with a branchless trunk. Though this tree is a versatile tree that gardeners prune to all shapes, when left to its own devices, it has a charming, triangular shape similar to a traditional Christmas tree.

The Nellie Stevens Plant Grows Gorgeous Berries

Starting in late spring, this tree begins its intriguing berry-growing cycle. The plant starts with small, white flowers that quickly turn into green berries. Over summer, the berries gradually deepen in hues from green to orange, and they eventually turn a rich, scarlet red. The clusters of small, colorful berries all over the tree help this plant stand out from more traditional evergreens. It continues to have plenty of colorful berries through the autumn months, so it keeps your property colorful no matter the time of year.

How to Incorporate the Nellie Stevens Holly Into Your Landscape

Since it's so easy to prune into a variety of shapes, the uses for this tree are almost endless. Some property owners like to use them as low bushes around trees or in flower beds. Others like to let them grow to their full height and cluster them together to create privacy hedges. When styled in a more tree-like shape, these plants look lovely framing pathways or standing as accents in the middle of the yard.