Burfordi Holly Quart Pot Plant - Ilex cornuta Broadleaf Evergreen Shrub for USDA Zones 6-9

Burfordi Holly Quart Pot Plant Overview

The Burfordi Holly (Ilex cornuta) is a broadleaf evergreen shrub known for its glossy, leathery, and spiny leaves that provide year-round visual interest. This plant is ideal for gardeners looking to add structure and color to their landscape throughout the seasons. Each purchase includes one healthy plant in a quart-sized pot, ready to be planted in your garden or landscape.

Key Features

• Height: Typically grows up to 2.5 meters (8 feet), with some specimens reaching 7.6 meters (25 feet).
• Leaves: Glossy and spiny, offering a distinctive texture and evergreen appeal.
• Flowers: Produces dull white blooms in early spring, adding subtle seasonal interest.
• Berries: Bright red berries appear in early fall, enhancing the shrub's ornamental value.
• Hardiness: Suitable for USDA Zones 6 through 9, making it adaptable to a range of climates.
• Growth Habit: Upright and bushy, this dioecious shrub requires both male and female plants for berry production.
• Certification: Grown in a certified nursery in Tennessee (certificate #14856), ensuring quality and health.

Growing Information

The Burfordi Holly thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained, acidic to neutral soil. Moderate watering is recommended, allowing the soil to dry slightly between waterings to prevent overwatering. This shrub is best suited for gardeners familiar with its care requirements, especially since care instructions are not included. For customers in California, plants are shipped bare root from mid-October to mid-May to comply with local regulations.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.