Nellie Stevens Holly Shrub
Ilex X 'Nellie R. Stevens'
An ideal choice for both hedging and privacy screening, with a fast growth rate of 3 feet each year
Maintains deep green foliage year-round, unlike other hedges that can brown in heat and drought
Easy to maintain in a naturally dense, pyramidal shape, or can be pruned as you see fit
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Nellie Stevens Holly: Your Living Wall for Four-Season Privacy
Why Nellie Stevens Hollies?
Create a dense privacy screen with an evergreen shrub that stays full, green, and structured year-round. Nellie Stevens Holly, also known as Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens', is well-suited for hedges, property lines, foundation plantings, and living screens where you want reliable coverage with seasonal interest.
This holly shrub grows in a naturally conical shape with glossy, dark green foliage that holds its color year-round. Unlike hedges that bronze in winter, Nellie Stevens stays green all year. You can let it grow into a tall, full shrub that matures at 15 to 25 feet tall and 8 to 15 feet wide, or prune it into a more formal hedge, depending on the look you want. Plant each Nellie Stevens Holly about 5 to 6 feet apart to form a dense living wall over time, with full coverage and few gaps, while giving each shrub room for healthy root development.
With its moderate to fast growth, Nellie Stevens Holly fills in steadily for privacy you can count on. It grows well in full sun to partial shade, in Zones 6 to 9, and is valued for its drought tolerance and deer resistance once established. Its bright red berries stand out against the deep green foliage in fall and winter, adding seasonal color and providing a food source for birds. You can even clip a few berried branches to decorate your home for the holidays. And unlike many hollies, unique to Nellie Stevens is the ability for females to produce berries without a male, making it an easy to add seasonal interest to this year-round structured privacy hedge.
What is a Jumbo Nellie Stevens Holly Shrub?
Jumbo shrubs are the most mature shrubs offered at Trees.com. Thanks to their well-developed root systems and large container size, they provide excellent drought resistance and improved nutrient absorption. Jumbos are ideal for creating immediate privacy and adding fullness to your garden beds without the wait.
Grown in limited quantities, Jumbo shrubs are perfect for homeowners who want fast results and a lasting impression in their landscape.
Why Shop Nellie Stevens Holly Shrubs from Trees.com?
A privacy hedge is only as good as the growers behind it, so we grow each Nellie Stevens Holly for full, healthy foliage and the strong branching it needs to knit into a solid screen. Your shrub arrives cared for and ready to start filling in.
Spacing is the one thing people most often get wrong with a holly hedge, and it's the easiest to get right with a little help. Our plant experts can guide you on how far apart to plant, plus pruning, watering, and care, so your living wall comes in even and gap-free.
Full Planting & Care Instructions
Product Details
| Mature Height: | 15-25 ft. |
| Mature Width: | 8-15 ft. |
| Sunlight: | Full Sun, Partial Shade |
| Growth Rate: | Moderate Growing |
| Botanical Name: | Ilex X 'Nellie R. Stevens' |
| Does Not Ship To: | AK, AZ, HI, OR |
| Grows Well In Zones: | 6-9 outdoors |
Growing Zones: 6-9 outdoors
(hardy down to 0℉)
Customer Reviews & Photos
Based on 695 reviews
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Very healthy
Healthy young shrubs that started growing right away even producing the first crop of berries. Have them starting in a larger pot waiting for fall planting.
My holly arrived healthy and
My holly arrived healthy and even had small berries already. You can never go wrong purchasing from Fast Growing Trees. I am designing a large new bed in my side yard and the Nellie Stevens are only a few of the plants I ordered.
Nellie Steven’s Holly Shrubs
I ordered 10 of these shrubs to form an evergreen hedge and we are very pleased. We planted them at the beginning of May and they’ve already grown upwards and outwards almost a foot. I think that’s great for the first season just establishing themselves! We are in zone 6 and plan to mulch them and cover them with burlap for the winter to protect the leaves.
Good healthy tree
I bought one to see what it was like and then I bought two more and just ordered another one. Nice good and healthy as well as straight and tall, seven gallon is about 5’ tall after getting it in the ground, allowed about a foot of good mixed earth and planting soil underneaths and about 10” all around and watered in layers as I backfilled seeing we’ve been having extreme heat of 100 here in Texas. I’ve bought several plants and trees from fast growing trees this summer Red Oak, Katsura’s and Jasmines all were delivered fast and healthy, trees have been in the ground a little over a week and all have sprouted new leaves already. I’m very happy with the plants and plan on buying more plants and trees in the future, just wish they came with predug holes. I could have bought these locally but most I’ve seen at nurseries here in Texas look heat stressed, fast growing trees were delivered looking like they were just dug up and shipped.
