Ilex ‘Dragon Lady’ (I. x aquipernyi)

Dragon Lady Holly

Zone 6–8. Considered to be the perfect columnar holly; grows to 16–20' H × 4–6' W; use as specimen or hedge; self fruiting with quite a bit of variation, plants under stress are very heavily fruited as we would expect, very dense with smaller leaves than most hollies with very stiff, pointed spines; dark glossy green foliage with a very apparent reddish tint on the new flush; everyone who sees it wishes all hollies would look this good; ‘Dragon Lady’ prefers to leave open spots or holes on the side; this is resolved by very heavy shearing while youthful but the process greatly increases the production cycle and cost,