Foster Holly
Foster Holly is an evergreen shrub characterized by its glossy, dark green leaves, red berries, and pyramidal growth habit, making it a popular choice for landscaping and winter interest. It is a popular evergreen shrub widely appreciated for its attractive foliage and ornamental berries. It offers numerous landscaping benefits, making it a desirable choice for gardens, parks, and other outdoor spaces.
Foster Holly, known by botanists as the Ilex x attenuata, can look very much like a Christmas tree. The plant is naturally cone-shaped with a big bottom that tapers to a point at the top. The conical shape makes it ideal for holiday decorating, and when the holidays are over, the plant brings a stately and aristocratic presence to the grounds.
Foster Holly Is An Evergreen
Left to their own devices, these plants can reach 30 feet in height with an eight-foot spread. The two-inch leaves are bright, evergreen. They are hybrid plants, the children of American and Dahoon types. Fosters are the hollies typically used for landscaping.
The lustrous green foliage consists of oval-shaped leaves with subtle serrations along their edges. It is often used singly near entryways, in groups to provide a tall screen, or sheared into a privacy hedge. Regular shearing keeps these plants full and thick.
Foster Holly Fits Well In Landscapes
They are adaptable evergreen trees that fit well into most landscaping arrangements. Cultivated as hedges or screens, they can create a thick canopy of seclusion. Because these plants keep their leaves year-round, they can add a welcoming splash of bright green color to an otherwise dreary winter landscape.
When spring arrives, these plants produce understated blossoms that announce the arrival of summer. The blooms are small, but they attract plenty of pollinators. When the flowers complete their blooming cycles, they are replaced by bright red berries that provide a banquet of nourishment for birds and wildlife.
These plants grow fast and are long-lived. Whether it's a tree, a shrub, or a hedge, they thrive where it's planted. It doesn't need special treatment or excessive attention. Instead, it makes the most of where it is and what it has. The plant has a remarkable ability to adapt and thrive wherever it is.
Foster Holly Can Live For Over 50 Years
With its graceful and stately presence, Foster Holly hollies are ideal in formal gardens where they can be sculpted into visually pleasing shapes. The tree resists pests and diseases, can live for 50 years or more, and maintains a vibrant and robust appearance.
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What To Expect
The plants we ship are bare root and dormant. They have no leaves, blooms, greenery, or foliage. We do not ship plants in a container. Why pay 500% more for a container and heavy soil to be shipped? Also, dormant plants have a much higher survival rate than bloomed-out or leafed-out plants. We ship healthy bare-root plants because we know they will thrive in this state when planted. That's Why we offer a 1 Year Guarantee. We know when Spring time rolls back around, your plants will do exceptionally well.