Add rare color and year-round elegance to your landscape with Longwood Gold Holly, the 2022 Holly of the Year selection from Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania. This exceptional evergreen holly is prized for its rich dark green foliage and unique golden yellow berries that ripen in late summer to early autumn and persist beautifully into winter. The glossy spiny leaves create classic holly texture while the bright fruit adds striking seasonal contrast rarely seen in traditional holly varieties.

Its upright evergreen habit makes it an excellent choice for foundation plantings, privacy screens, wildlife gardens, holiday landscapes, and ornamental focal points. The colorful berries attract birds and provide lasting winter interest throughout the colder months. These healthy plants are shipped established in 1 gallon nursery pots and are ready to thrive in the landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Longwood Gold Holly
✔️ 1 gallon pot plant
✔️ Evergreen holly with golden yellow berries
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape shrub
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Longwood Gold Holly
• Botanical Name: Ilex x attenuata ‘Longwood Gold’
• Plant Type: Evergreen shrub or small tree
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Moist, acidic, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; water regularly during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 15–20 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–9
• Container Friendly: Yes, when young and properly maintained

Care Tip

Plant in acidic soil with good drainage for healthiest foliage and berry production. Minimal pruning is needed, though light shaping can maintain a dense and attractive form.

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.