Add year-round beauty and vibrant seasonal color to your landscape with Ilex pedunculosa 'Female', shipped in a 2-gallon pot and ready to plant. Also known as Female Longstalk Holly, this elegant evergreen is prized for its graceful arching branches, glossy dark green foliage, and abundant bright red berries that appear in fall and winter when a compatible male pollinator is nearby. Its attractive form makes it an excellent choice for woodland gardens, privacy plantings, naturalized landscapes, and specimen displays. The colorful berries provide valuable food for birds while adding striking winter interest to the garden.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Female Longstalk Holly plant
✔️ Shipped in 2-gallon pot
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen plant
✔️ Berry-producing female holly
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information
Common Name: Female Longstalk Holly
Botanical Name: Ilex pedunculosa 'Female'
Plant Type: Evergreen shrub to small tree
Growth Stage: Established plant
Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Moist, well-draining, slightly acidic soil
Watering: Moderate; prefers consistent moisture during establishment
Mature Height: 15–25 feet
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 5–8
Container Friendly: Yes, when young

Care Tip: Plant a compatible male Longstalk Holly nearby to ensure abundant berry production. Mulching around the base helps retain moisture and promotes healthy root development.

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.