What are the common varieties of holly? Characteristics and prices explained in one article
Holly stays green all year round, with dense branches and leaves and a neat tree shape. It is the evergreen plant most widely used in landscaping and is an indispensable beautiful topiary tree species in garden landscapes around the world. Holly has a high transplant survival rate and recovers quickly. It is the most widely used shrub in landscaping, with crisp, glossy foliage, healthy and vigorous growth, and high ornamental value. What common varieties of holly are there? How much does one cost? Let's take a look together with the editor of Nongxun Network.
1. Largeleaf Holly
Largeleaf Holly is an evergreen tree, with large oblong leaves, sparsely serrate margins, and 12-17 pairs of lateral veins. Its inflorescences are clustered in the leaf axils, light yellow-green, and the fruit turns red when ripe. The flowering period is April.
2. Smallleaf Holly
Smallleaf Holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree, with branchlets slightly pubescent and no glandular dots on the underside of the leaves; the male inflorescences are arranged in cymes with 3-9 flowers, solitary in the leaf axils of current-year branches, while female flowers are usually solitary, rarely with 3 flowers; flowers are 4-6 merous; the fruit is red and spherical; there are 4-6 pyrenes, smooth, without stripes or grooves, and the endocarp is leathery or nearly woody. It blooms white flowers in June and July and bears black fruit in autumn and winter. It is mainly distributed in mountain forests and thickets, at an altitude of 800 to 1600 m. On the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains, the Yangtze River basin, and the vast areas to the south, as well as most of the southwest and south China.
3. Dwarf Holly
Dwarf Holly is a plant in the genus Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests, open forests, or shrub thickets on mountain slopes at an altitude of (130-)200-1000(-1250) m. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 2-6 m tall; the branchlets are slender, cylindrical, gray-black or dark chestnut-brown, densely pubescent, and the old branches have almost no lenticels, with raised semicircular leaf scars; the flowering period is June to July, and the fruiting period is August to December. The fruit is spherical, about 3.5 mm in diameter, red when mature, and the pedicel is about 1 mm long and pubescent.
4. Japanese Holly
Japanese Holly belongs to the family Aquifoliaceae. It is an evergreen small shrub, a cultivated variety of Japanese holly, much branched, with gray fine hairs on the branchlets, small and dense leaves, and a convex, thick leathery leaf surface, elliptical to long obovate. The flowers are white, and the fruit is spherical and black. The old trunk is gray-white or gray-brown, and the leaves are elliptical, alternate, and entire. New leaves are tender green, while old leaves are dark green; they are relatively thick, leathery, and glossy. Its branches and trunk are vigorous and antique-looking, and its leaves are dense and dark green, giving it good ornamental value.
5. Iron Holly
Iron Holly, also known as Jiubiyings, Xiongdanmu, Baiyinxing, Baiyinmu, Guoshanfeng, Hongxiongdan, Yangbushi, Qixingxiang, Wanziqianhong, etc., is a subtropical evergreen shrub or tree in the family Aquifoliaceae, up to 20 m tall, with a diameter at breast height of up to 1 m; the bark is gray to gray-black; the leaves are thinly leathery, elliptical, entire, and glossy on the surface; the flowers are small, yellow-white, and fragrant; it is dioecious, usually with 4-7 flowers arranged in cymes, axillary or borne on current-year branchlets, and the fruit is spherical, 6-8 mm in size, red when ripe; the flowering period is March to April, and the fruit ripening period is October to December.
Latest Holly Prices
Below, the editor of Nongxun Network has briefly compiled some of today's latest holly prices: Yanshi City, Luoyang City, Henan Province, height 2.0-2.5 m, crown width 2-3 m, holly ball 500.00 yuan/tree; Yingde City, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, height above 5 m, crown width 2-3 m, red-fruited holly 380.00 yuan/tree; Deqing County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, height above 5 m, crown width above 3 m, Iron Holly 200.00 yuan/tree; Zhaoyuan City, Yantai City, Shandong Province, height 2.5-3 m, boxwood holly 600.00 yuan/tree; Daiyue District, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, height 1-1.5 m, crown width below 1 m, North American holly 380.00 yuan/tree, etc. Prices are for reference only. Holly prices may fluctuate up or down depending on the region, time and season, market conditions, soil ball size, and quality grade.
The above are five common holly varieties. Holly has long been used as an urban and rural landscaping and courtyard ornamental plant. It is very suitable for specimen planting on lawns, row planting at gates, wallsides, and along both sides of garden paths, or scattered planting on rockeries and small mounds, where it looks lush and lovely. In addition to being used for courtyard landscaping and ornament, its wood is tough and used for fine woodworking. Holly is resistant to toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and is a high-quality evergreen plant for greening the environment.
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