Ilex is one of the most popular Christmas-time plants. Its berries and foliage make great holiday decorations. A few are slow growing dwarfs and are perfect for bonsai or for adding evergreen color to a rock garden.

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The genus Ilex is quite large, containing around 600 species of woody trees and shrubs. The genus is well represented in ornamental gardens. Hundreds of Ilex cultivars provide structure in the form of foundation shrubs or landscape trees, and color from the brightly colored winter berries. Ilex is one of the most popular Christmas-time plants. Both its berries and foliage are great holiday decorations. A few ilex taxa are extremely slow growing dwarfs and are perfect for bonsai or for adding evergreen color to a rock garden.

Among the hundreds of common ilex taxa, we managed to find a few beautiful but uncommon dwarf selections and making them available to you. Ilex prefers full sun, but will survive nearly as well in part sun. Well-ammended and somewhat acidic soils are best. Although ilex tolerates a wide range of environments and soil types, it prefers not to have wet feet, so well-drained soils are best. Ilex looks its best with regular watering and may get ratty if kept too dry. Ilex that are planted in the correct location should never need pruning. When you are ready to buy ilex for your perennial garden, we hope you'll check out our online offering of ilex for sale.