Overview

Introduce robust beauty to your garden with the Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant. This offer includes ten healthy plants, each in a 2.5-inch pot, ready to thrive in your landscape. Known for its rapid growth and dense, pyramidal form, the Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant is a highly sought-after evergreen shrub that provides year-round appeal. Its classic Christmas tree shape, adorned with glossy, dark green leaves and abundant bright red berries, makes it a standout choice for hedges, specimen plantings, or as a natural screen. Originally hybridized in Nellie Robinson Stevens’ garden, this variety has proven its resilience and aesthetic value across many climates, making it a reliable addition to any outdoor space.

Key Benefits

The Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant offers a multitude of advantages for gardeners looking to create impactful and resilient landscapes. These shrubs are not only beautiful but also highly functional, providing long-lasting enjoyment and ecological benefits.

• Exceptional Privacy Screening: With its dense foliage and rapid growth, the Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant forms an excellent, impenetrable screen, providing year-round privacy and noise reduction for your property.
• Stunning Year-Round Interest: Enjoy vibrant dark green leaves throughout all seasons, complemented by a profusion of bright red berries from fall through winter, offering a striking contrast against snow.
• Fast Growth Rate: This variety is celebrated for its vigorous growth, quickly reaching mature size and allowing you to establish your desired landscape features in a shorter timeframe.
• Durable and Adaptable: Highly tolerant of various soil conditions and urban environments, this evergreen holly shrub is a hardy choice that requires minimal fuss once established.
• Wildlife Attraction: The bright red berries serve as a valuable food source for birds during the colder months, attracting diverse avian life to your garden.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, this holly requires relatively little care, making it an ideal choice for busy gardeners seeking high impact with low effort.
• Versatile Landscaping Use: Perfect for creating formal hedges, informal screens, foundation plantings, or as a beautiful standalone specimen tree due to its attractive pyramidal shape.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant is straightforward, ensuring a thriving and beautiful addition to your garden. This resilient shrub prefers a location with full sun to partial shade, meaning it should receive at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal berry production and dense foliage. While adaptable, it performs best in well-draining, slightly acidic soil. When planting, dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball and just as deep, ensuring the top of the root ball is level with the soil surface. Water thoroughly after planting.

Regular watering is crucial during the first growing season to help establish a strong root system. Once established, the Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant is relatively drought-tolerant but will benefit from supplemental watering during prolonged dry spells. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer formulated for evergreens. Pruning can be done in late winter or early spring to maintain shape, remove dead or damaged branches, and encourage denser growth. These plants are hardy in USDA Zones 6-9, tolerating a range of temperatures. Watch out for common pests like scale insects or spider mites, treating them with horticultural oil if necessary. Proper care will ensure your evergreen holly shrub remains healthy and vibrant for many years.

Size & Details

This offering includes ten individual Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant, each carefully cultivated in a 2.5-inch nursery pot. At maturity, these fast-growing shrubs typically reach an impressive height of about 15-30 feet tall with a spread of 8-15 feet, forming a distinctive pyramidal shape that narrows towards the top. The plants are shipped in their pots, ensuring minimal transplant shock and a smooth transition to your garden. With a rapid growth rate, you can expect noticeable development within the first few seasons, allowing you to quickly establish your desired landscape design. The mature size makes it an excellent choice for a substantial privacy hedge plant or a majestic specimen tree.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant is a fast growing holly that typically reaches a mature height of 15-30 feet tall with a spread of 8-15 feet, forming a dense, pyramidal shape.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: Each purchase includes ten individual plants, and each plant is supplied in a 2.5-inch nursery pot, ready for planting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant is an outdoor plant, best suited for garden and landscape use in USDA Zones 6-9.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This evergreen holly shrub thrives in full sun to partial shade, ideally receiving at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day for optimal growth and berry production.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, once established, Nellie R Stevens Holly care is relatively low maintenance, requiring well-draining soil, regular watering during establishment, and occasional fertilization.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant will arrive in healthy, live condition, carefully packaged in its 2.5-inch pot to ensure a smooth transition to your garden.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: This plant can be planted year-round, though spring and fall are often ideal times to allow for root establishment before extreme temperatures.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Yes, the Nellie R Stevens Holly live plant is hardy in USDA Zones 6-9, making it resilient in a wide range of winter conditions within these zones.
• Q: Is this a good privacy hedge plant? A: Absolutely! Its dense foliage, fast growth, and considerable mature size make it an ideal choice for creating an effective and attractive privacy hedge plant.
• Q: What kind of soil does it prefer? A: It prefers well-draining, slightly acidic soil but is quite adaptable to various soil types once established.