Flowers of Longstalk Holly

These tiny white flowers are female flowers of Longstalk Holly. Male flowers of this holly forms cluster shape. Even though this holly is not so popular, Longstalk Holly is one of best cold tolerance holly and used as border plant, specimen or deck or patio evergreen tree. You can see a picture of Longstalk Holly leaves here.

Male Flowers of Meserve Holly

These white flowers are male Meserve Holly’s ones. Both genders of this holly bloom many flowers in April to May. Meserve Holly is an evergreen shrub and planted as ornamental shrub like as other Hollies. You can see foliage picture here

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Meserve Holly

Meserve Holly is known as Blue Holly because the leaves color of this holly are bluish green. This holly is a hybrid shrub for adding cold hardiness to a beautiful holly. So this holly can be grown in northern USA area easily. Meserve Holly Grows up to 3.6m (12 feet) height and 2.7m (9 feet) width.

Butcher's Broom

This photo is Butcher’s Broom. Butcher’s Broom is a little bit funny and strange name as a name of plant for me. This plant is also known as Box Holly, Sweet Broom, Knee Holly and these are much more normal for me.

Even though the name of this shrub is funny, Butcher’s Broom is being used in medical area in several ways and also young shoots are often treated as vegetable in many countries.

Leaves of Longstalk Holly

Longstalk Holly is evergreen shrub or tree and grows up to 6m (20 feet) height and width. The berries have long stalk as name indicate (sorry when I took this Longstalk Holly picture, there are only a few berries under leaves and I couldn’t take good photo for them). This shrub attracts bees and butterflies well. So if you like these insects, plant this holly in your yard.

Berries of Myrtle Leaf Holly

Myrtle Leaf Holly grows up to 7.5m (25 feet). This shrub prefers moist soil. And this shrub (tree) has berries in fall to winter season on female tree and sometime they are used as Christmas decoration. The color berries are sometime yellow or orange.

Leaves of China Girl Holly

China Girl Holly is an evergreen shrub and their bright green leaves are beautiful.

Goshiki False Holly Tea Olive

Goshiki False Holly Tea Olive is of course a kind of False Holly Tea Olive. The word “Goshiki” is a Japanese word and it means 5 colors. This is evergreen shrub.

Young Leaves of False Holly Tea Olive

These leaves are young leaves of False Holly Tea Olive. The adult leaves are less spiny and smoother edges. This evergreen shrub is good for as edge tree.