65+ Carissa Holly Shrub

The carissa holly ilex cornuta carissa is a beautiful dwarf evergreen shrub known for its yellow edged foliage and dense tight growth habit. You ll be forgiven if you simply don t think about it much once it s established in your landscape.

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Carissa holly shrub!!!

Carissa holly ilex cornuta carissa is a dense compact shrub ideal for low hedges or mass plantings. The beautiful carissa holly ilex cornuta carissa is a real work horse with a neat tidy compact size and well behaved character. An outstanding compact dense foliage shrub with dark glossy green leaves that have one spine at the tip. Greenish white but not showy.

Culture care tips. Though it doesn t have much of a fruit set it makes up for it by being low maintenance and drought tolerant upon establishment. Partial sun to sun. In spring there are showy clusters of fragrant white flowers followed in the fall by some bright red berries.

Excellent for use as a low hedge in containers or in mass plantings. Carissa holly is a very tough plant that has no insect or disease problems. The glossy green leaves have one spine at the tip but are sturdy and deer resistant. Varieties to look for.

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