Talk:Ilex verticillata

Self-pollinating or not?
Question was re holly article saying hollies are dioecious (period), while this article said some hollies are self pollinating. Most are dioecious. Some are self-pollinating, which is quite a sales advantage, when trying to convince a customer, who just wants to plunk a pretty plant into his garden, to buy a breeding pair of hollies, one of which will never have any berries, particularly when there is no good way to identify a male except for examining the flowers, at which point you don't want to transplant them, so the chances of getting two females which won't produce any berries is a bit too high. So there was a real motivation to find self-pollinating varities, such as Ilex aquifolium Pyramidalis, Foster holly, Burford holly, dwarf Burford holly or Nellie R. Stevens holly, list the authorities. I see one every day, a single holly bush, evergreen, usually covered in berries, but don't know the variety. Gzuckier 16:12, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

winter holly
will the dwarf male winter holly "sprite" pollinate the standard size female winter holly? Can a male pollinate a female if 2 miles apart? thanks for your reply!!
 * Males should be within 10 yards of females. David notMD (talk) 11:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

As food
is it edible? is it poisonous?MY♥IN chile 20:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Not edible. David notMD (talk) 11:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

YRC Worldwide official color
YRC (which stands for yellow roadway corporation) says that the color of its trucks (which are orange) is based on the "swamp holly" berry which can be seen a great distance. All the other hollies that have the same name have red berries. I'm guessing YRC's holly is this one but I don't have a citation. Americasroof (talk) 16:09, 29 January 2010 (UTC)