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Nellie Stevens Holly
Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
Nellie Stevens Holly is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 7-9, that matures to about 30-50 ft × 15-25 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect green and white blooms in spring. It attracts bees, pollinators and songbirds, stands up well to deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 7-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 30-50 ft × 15-25 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Green, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Bees, Pollinators, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- Europe, northern Africa, western Asia
Freeze survival
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