Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Ilex pedunculosa, 1 by runktrun

runktrun wrote:
Concession Speech

It is with great humility that I stand before you this evening to announce that based on the informative, hilarious, and brutally frank, responses in this thread I have come to the conclusion that perhaps it is I and I alone who own the ugly duckling of the Ilex pedunculosa world. Whether my butt ugly Long Stalk Holly is spared the fate of shovel pruning remains to be determined…quite frankly I don’t know if I have the landscape confidence it would take to allow this tree be a presence in my shrub border without feeling compelled to offer excuses for its existence. Alas a winter to ponder.

Kt Mother of the ugliest duckling.

Here in New England we are having an exceptional year for berries (cones as well) and below is a photo taken a few days ago at Polly Hill Arboretum of Ilex opaca ‘Barnard Luce’ (a Polly Hill introduction). I have just added this one to my must have list. While writing this I have been doing a mental tally of a long list of ilex that I would be happy to share seed/cutting.
Ilex x Mondo ‘Little Rascal’ – male
Ilex crenata ‘Lemon Gem’
Ilex crenata ‘Dwarf Pagoda’
Ilex AQ. Hastata –male
Ilex glabra – ‘Shamrock’
Ilex glabra – dwarf form – puts on about 3-4” a year not sure of ultimate height but is expected under 5’
Ilex crenata ‘Jersey Pinnacle’
Ilex x Conin ‘Robin Red’
Ilex x meserve ‘Blue Pincess’
Ilex koehneana ‘Wirt L Winn’
Ilex pernyi
Ilex ‘Nellie R Stevens’
Can’t remember more it must be from the emotional stress of concession speech.

David5311 - It is with mixed emotions that I tell you Forest farm is selling Ilex pedunculosa.