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<\/a>'Nellie R. Stevens' holly<\/p><\/div>\n
‘Nellie R. Stevens’ (\u2018NRS\u2019) is a tall growing red fruited female holly, a cross between the English (Ilex aquifolium<\/em>) and Chinese (I. cornuta<\/em>) hollies. \u2018NRS’\u00a0comes highly recommended for Southern Appalachian\u00a0landscapes (USDA zones 6 and 7).<\/p>\n Hollies are dioecious, requiring both\u00a0male and female parents for fruit production. \u2018NRS’ holly produces small numbers of seedless parthenocarpic fruits without a male pollinator being present. More\u00a0fruits are produced naturally when \u2018NRS\u2019 is properly mated\u00a0to the\u00a0male cultivar such as ‘Edward J. Stevens’ and another I. cornuta<\/em> holly. One male holly adequately pollinates 8-10 female plants located\u00a0within several hundred feet. Red fruits are not as\u00a0persistent as\u00a0‘Emily Bruner’, another holly\u00a0favorite.<\/p>\n Hollies are spaced apart according to their intended use in a planting. \u2018NRS\u2019\u00a0is an outstanding “stand alone” specimen or you can hedge\u00a0several together to form a tall privacy screen. Annual growth rate is moderate, about half that of Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii<\/em>). \u2018NRS\u2019 holly is a lot more dependable and long-lived.<\/p>\n \u2018NRS\u2019 is a strong grower at 25-30 feet tall and 15-18 feet width over 30 years. If planted as a privacy screen, plant on a minimum of 12 foot centers (between plants).<\/p>\n Hollies prefer an open\u00a0sunny location and moderately acidic, well-drained soil. Established hollies are good foragers for nutrients and benefit from annual feeding with an acidic based fertilizer such as Hollytone\u00ae, Miracid\u00ae or Miracle Gro\u00ae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ (\u2018NRS\u2019) is a tall growing red fruited female holly, a cross between the English (Ilex aquifolium) and Chinese (I. cornuta) hollies. \u2018NRS’\u00a0comes highly recommended for Southern Appalachian\u00a0landscapes (USDA zones 6 and 7). Hollies are dioecious, requiring both\u00a0male and female parents for fruit production. \u2018NRS’ holly produces small numbers of seedless parthenocarpic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,357,9,649,686,202,630,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/1931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}