Mary Nell Holly
(Ilex x 'Mary Nell')
- Type: Evergreen
- Light: Sun to partial shade
- Height: 20-25'
- Spread: 10-15'
- Flower: Small White
- Bloom: Spring
- Fruit: Red
- Fruit Time: Fall/Winter
'Mary Nell' has inherited tough landscape adaptability in the southeast, beautiful large, exceptionally glossy, dark blue-green leaves, a dense, pyramidal to columnar shape, and the tendency to produce prodigious quantities of bright red fruit. 'Mary Nell' will eventually reach 20 - 25' in height with a moderately formal pyramidal shape and very dense foliage. It will grow well in partial shade but foliage quality and fruiting will be best in full sun. 'Mary Nell' will take almost any soil