Ilex x 'Jersey Male' – This Holly is the result from the renowned breeding work of Elwin Orton from Rutgers University in New Jersey, hence, the umbrella moniker, “Rutgers Hybrids”. Environmentals Nursery's Jim Cross received some of these miniature complex hybrids in the 1970s. As of 2010 they are still not especially common in commerce (partly due to the time it takes to produce a saleable shrub) but so worthy in applications in which their small size lend possibility. Excellent in the rock garden, edging a small border, as labyrinth and knot garden plants, bonsai or perhaps in the miniature railroad garden this dense, glossy mound is the pollinator for the females. Plant this and the following hollies in fertile acid soil sited in full to part sun, some afternoon shade may be warranted. Established potted and cutting grown... and it took a long time to get it here!