Those available for sale at plant nurseries are almost always female plants to assure the production of berries. Male plants in the Ilex family are common in our area, thus natural pollination is ...

Both male and female plants are necessary to produce the colorful berries. (One male growing nearby will generally pollinate several female plants of the species.) Some varieties -- such as Ilex ...

Hollies are one of the plants associated with Christmas. Their dark, evergreen leaves and bright, red berries fit in with the Christmas season — but what if your hollies never produce berries?

Three have red berries and the fourth has purplish black. They are each different and each beautiful. The scientific (Latin) Genus name for holly always begins with Ilex. Ilex opaca (American ...

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a deciduous holly (not evergreen like English holly) with prolific berries used for holiday decorating. It likewise produces the best berry show with a male ...

The species winterberry, Ilex verticillata ... leaving enough older wood for plenty of spring blossoms for next winter's berry show. For some reason, the birds and the squirrels have left the ...

Even without the English species, you can still have holly. “There are other plants in the genus Ilex with similar leaves and berries that will work much better here,” Campbell said.

Some berries, such as winterberry (Ilex verticillata) and beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma) become palatable to birds only after several freeze/thaw cycles. So they hang in for months of vibrant ...