Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Holly, 1 by claypa

claypa wrote:
It's all about the bloom times, whether they overlap or not. Some hollies can be pollinated by different species of hollies, and some can produce sterile fruit without any pollinator. This can get complicated... what female hollies do you have, bluepoppy?

(Strictly speaking, China Boy and China Girl aren't blue hollies... they were hybridized by Meserve, but they are not Ilex x meserveae, which are I. rugosa x I. aquifolium. China Boy and China Girl are I. rugosa x I. cornuta. Lots of sites on the internet have this wrong, even ones that should know better...)

Red Beauty® a.k.a. 'Rutzan' today - don't ask who the father/pollinator was, I have no idea!