Plop these flowering shrubs anywhere and instantly enhance the look of your landscape with the Perfect Plants Schillings Holly Shrub in 3 Gal. Grower's Pot. These gorgeous shrubs feature prominent white blooms, as well as a rounded growing style that makes them compact and able to be added almost anywhere while still making your lawn pop! Fun fact: the Yaupon Holly shrub is native to southeastern North America and can be found growing wild in Florida and neighboring states! The green foliage is traditionally used by Native Americans as a drinkable tea that contains more caffeine than coffee. Its botanical name is Ilex vomitoria because if drank in too large of a quantity it can induce vomiting. The holly shrub requires full sun to grow. Water this plant once the soil becomes dry.

• Schilling Holly plant, also known as the Dwarf Yaupon Holly Shrub, is a favorite among gardeners; Ilex Schilling is used as a small hedge, border plant or foundation plant due to the dense rounded form it maintains; it gives off the impression of being
• Ilex Schilling plant produces medium-sized, dark green leaves with a small oval shape that has a reddish cast when plants are young; the branches are coated with silvery, gray bark; it is not a deciduous holly bush and the evergreen leaves will stay
• Small white flowers appear in spring on both female and male plants but are somewhat inconspicuous; after the flowers bloom, bright red berries appear on only female plants; birds and other wildlife love the berries in early winter through spring
• Salt tolerant and drought tolerant once established, the Schilling often forms into a thick, low-maintenance and uniformly green groundcover; perfect for any seaside planting or mass planting
• Planting holly is easy; dig a hole the size of the container and place the holly ilex into it at ground level; backfill with native soil or amended soil used for holly plants; the best time of year to plant Ilex vomitoria schillings dwarf is in early spring
• Schilling Dwarf Holly shrub can grow up to 4-7 ft. tall and 6-10 ft. wide, making it perfect for formal hedges because of the height and spread; pruning holly is easy and should be done to keep the holly size maintained to the desired shape
• Grow this evergreen holly shrub across the United States in USDA growing zones 6-9
• Dwarf yaupon holly growth rate is moderate to fast; the fast growth rate can grow so fast in full sun that it may require infrequent pruning lightly to keep desired shape; unpruned plants can grow to 7-10 ft. tall and potentially wider
• Does not ship to AK, AZ, CA or HI