Ilex Schillings

Create a fine-textured native evergreen border with a dense dwarf habit and dependable year-round color. Schillings Holly forms a slow-growing compact mound of small dark green leaves. This heavily flowering male selection is useful as a pollinator for compatible female yaupon hollies.

Growing Guide

• Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
• USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 - 10
• Mature Height: 2'–4'
• Mature Width: 3'–4'
• Spacing: 3'
• Soil: Moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soil
• Water Needs: Moderate
• Growth Rate: Slow

Plant Details

• Botanical Name: Ilex vomitoria 'Schillings'
• Common Name: Schillings Holly
• Plant Type: Evergreen Native Male Pollinator Shrub
• Bloom Color: White
• Season of Interest: Spring, Fall, Year-Round
• Foliage: Evergreen
• Growth Habit: Very Dense, Dwarf, and Rounded
• Pollinator Friendly: Yes

Key Features

• Fine dark green foliage
• Dense dwarf habit
• Native evergreen shrub
• Male pollinator for female hollies
• Low-maintenance formal texture

Landscape Uses

• Low hedges
• Foundation plantings
• Borders
• Mass plantings
• Native gardens

Planting & Care Tips

• Plant in full sun to part sun.
• Provide slightly acidic, well-drained soil.
• Water regularly during establishment.
• Prune lightly in spring if shaping is needed.

Companion Plants

• Ilex Dwarf Burford
• Hydrangea Bobo®
• Carex Evergold
• Nandina Firepower
• Liriope Big Blue

Please Note: Our photos represent the variety you will receive. Because plants are living products, size and fullness may vary naturally with the season and stage of growth, while remaining true to the variety shown.