Ilex opaca 'Red Flush' (ex: Tom Horner) - Steve Schroeder has identified the plant we are offering through Tom Horner as 'Red Flush'. This fine member of the Hardy Pride series resulted from a breeding program to make handsome and hardier American Hollies. This female American Holly exhibits 2 distinct traits 1) 'Red Flush' has endured dips as low as -29F, fruited well after -26F; 2) the new emerging growth is distinctly dark red. The red transforms to dark, satin-finished green as the leaves expand and mature. It will grow eventually, slowly into an upright conical shape reaching approximately 20 feet in height. Tom Horner contacted us about this fine offering which had been lost to the trade. It is through Tom's kindness that we are able to offer it again. Full sun in fertile, organic moisture retaining loam on the neutral to acid Ph spectrum. Established potted American Holly, cutting grown. (Steve Schroeder 1.270.469.4997 holly society, knows this cv.)

Tom Horner recently wrote to us stating "Both trees, male and female, are planted in the shade of mature oaks. I planted the hollies ithere in 1981, thinking the trees would offer some protection."