Schilling Holly

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Product Description

The Schilling Holly, also known as Dwarf Yaupon Holly, is a favorite among gardeners. It is used as a small hedge, border plant, or foundation plant due to the dense rounded form it maintains. It gives off the impression of being professionally shaped without any formal cutting.

Fun fact: Yaupon Holly is native to southeastern North America and can be found growing wild in Florida and neighboring states! It is traditionally used by Native Americans as a drinkable tea which contains more caffeine than coffee. Its botanical name is Ilex vomitoria because if drank in too large of a quantity it can induce vomiting.

Planting

This shrub isn’t picky about soil type and will thrive in both dry and wet conditions equally well. Salt tolerant and drought tolerant once established, the Schilling often forms into a thick, low-maintenance and uniformly green groundcover.

The Schilling Holly prefers full sun to partial shade. The Schilling plant produces medium sized, dark green leaves with a small oval shape that have a reddish cast when plants are young. The branches are coated with silvery, gray bark. Small white flowers appear in spring, but are somewhat inconspicuous.

The Schilling Dwarf Holly can grow up to 4-7 feet tall and 6-10 feet wide making it perfect for formal hedges because of the height and spread. The fast growth rate can grow so fast in full sun that it may require infrequent pruning lightly to keep desired shape. In light shade, the plant may produce no berries but will keep a small growing nature. Plants grow to the location they are planted in.

Grow this shrub across the United States in USDA growing zones 6-9.

Perfect Plants sends the Schilling plant directly to your home, we will ensure it will arrive in good shape from our shipping process. Check out the reviews.

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Botanical Name

Ilex vomitoria 'Schilling's Dwarf'

Sunlight Full Sun / Partial Shade

Flower Color White

Foliage Color Green

Mature Height 4-7 ft

Mature Width 6-10 ft

Growing Zones 6, 7, 8, 9

Special Features

Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Low maintenance
Easy care foundation plant

Shipping Info

Once your Schilling Holly order is placed, we will ship your plant(s) within seven business days year round unless during the checkout process you request otherwise in the space provided to do so.

Perfect Plants’ shipping specialists carefully package your plants using a proven packaging method that ensures your plants arrive healthy, colorfully alive and ready to flourish. We’ve coined the term ‘upside down box test’ and we do just that; we carefully package so that regardless of the direction your box is handled, it will not harm your precious plant that’s inside.

No shipping process is without a problem from time to time. On rare occasions some plants may experience some of the following during their transit: drooping, minor leaf-loss and/or minimal yellowing/discoloration, minor limb damage, etc. These instances are quite rare, but can happen when shipping plants in boxes.

Plants normally recover within a few weeks after planting. If a damaged box has injured your plant on the inside, please notify us within 5 days of receiving you package(s) by emailing us a photograph of the damage.

We always do our very best to ensure that your plants are packed and shipped in the safest, gentlest and most effective way possible.

Will my plants and trees look like the photographs?

Absolutely! Unlike other online nurseries, our photos are of actual plants and trees we’ve grown here, on our family operated nursery.

Growing our own plants and trees helps to ensure we ship you the best quality plants that are free of pests and diseases.

Your plants and trees may however not ship with flowers on them, like the photographs. This all depends on the time of year you buy your plant or tree. Crape Myrtle trees, for example, only bloom during the summer months, so if you purchase one during the spring or fall, they would ship without flowers. Once planted, your plants will grow and thrive giving you flowers for many years to come!

Pot Sizes

Pot sizes (commonly referred to in gallons) are shipped in the same size nursery trade pots which may vary in actual volume. Some plants may have been at the approximate pot size listed, but require excess dirt to be removed so that you will not be paying any additional shipping costs. This doesn’t happen very often though.

Shipping Fees

Our shipping charges are based on the value of your order. Please use the chart below to see what your shipping charge will be.

Care

SCHILILNG HOLLY CARE:

The Schilling holly prefers full sun or can tolerate partial shade. Soil should be well drained and ideally somewhat acidic. They are quite drought tolerant when mature, but should be watered regularly until established.

This shrub maintains a dense, tight rounded shape naturally and its slow-growing nature requires very little pruning. A more formal, rounded look can be achieved with an annual pruning.

When planting as a hedge, space the centers of the Schilling 2-1/2 to 3 feet apart.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:

Dig a hole approximately twice as wide as your new plant’s root ball and deep enough so that the top of the root ball is equal with the ground level.

Loosen the root ball using a small garden spade or by hand. Breaking smaller outer roots can encourage growth into the new soil, but take care to not damage large primary roots.

Place the plant in the hole and ensure that it is situated evenly upright. Use the excavated soil to fill in around the root ball, using your foot to pack it in firmly. Thoroughly soak with a hose as you fill in the dirt. Take great care to not leave any gaps or air spaces around the root ball as this could kill the plant.

A 2-4 inch layer of mulch is strongly recommended to help retain moisture and discourage weed growth. Apply mulch over the entire planting area but keep away from the stems or trunk by a few inches. Ensure that the plant and surrounding soil is completely soaked with water.

To ensure the proper nutrients are available for the life of your Schilling holly, our proprietary Perfect Plants Special Blend Soil and a once yearly application of Nutricote Total 360 Fertilizer are great considerations for your new plants!

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Rated 5 out of 5
gregjohnson365 (verified owner) – June 18, 2018
Best internet plant-buying experience ever! The qualities and sizes of the plants were excellent. The packing was really exceptional: the boxes were sturdy, the plants were secured in place with an ingenious system, and the plants were protected from crushing by the addition of bamboo stakes in the pots. I had a question about shipping and the phone operator was knowledgeable and helpful. Add to all of this – I got a 20% discount by using a promo code. Really, A+ experience all around.
- Perfect Plants – June 25, 2018
  Hi Greg,
  We are so happy you are thrilled with your new schilling holly plants. They make a great privacy hedge and they sure are beautiful! Please let us know how we can help with any future gardening endeavors.
Rated 5 out of 5
Suzann Reid – January 18, 2019
This Schilling plant arrived in great condition!
Wasn’t sure which type of holly to purchase but the customer service at this company helped me out tremendously with my choice.
Planning to make a hedge with these… will order again!

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