With shiny dark green leaves and plentiful fruit, 'Nellie R. Stevens' Holly is a fast-growing pyramidal Ilex shrub. The small spring flowers are attractive to bees and other pollinators and the fall red fruit is consumed by birds.   'Nellie R. Stevens' is a hybrid cultivar of I. aquifolium and I. cornuta.  It was released by G.A. Van Lennep, Jr., St. Michael, MD in 1954 and named for the owner Nellie R. Stevens.  

• Category: Woody Ornamentals
• Alternate Cultivar: Nellie R. Stevens
• Patent: PP8537
• Hardiness Zone: 6
• Height: 20 Feet
• Spread: 15 Feet