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Past Holly of the Year
At a trustees meeting in 2002 the idea for a holly of the year came up. The idea to bring the best hollies to the attention of the public and at the same time inform gardeners and nurserymen of the existence of the Holly Society seemed to be a good one.
By adding the name of the late Gene Eisenbeiss, “Mr. Holly” to the selection was to honor our good friend and holly expert who had done so much over the years to help the Holly Society.
The Holly chosen that year was ‘Satyr Hill’ and would be used for 2003. The selections for the next 5 years were selected from voting done by the trustees at the next meeting.
We tried to choose hollies at least for the first group that would be available at a wide range of nurseries, would be easy to grow and would be hardy in a number of zones.
2003
'Satyr Hill' American Holly
2004
'Sky Pencil' Japanese Holly
2006
'Sunny Foster' Attenuata Holly
2008
'Maryland Beauty' Winterberry Holly
2009
Ilex 'Scepter'
2010
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'
2011
Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'
2012
Ilex aquifolium 'Proud Mary'
2013
Ilex pedunculosa
2014
Ilex x meserveae ‘Mesgolg’ Golden Girl®
2016
Ilex opaca 'Maryland Dwarf'
2017
Ilex glabra Inkberry or Gallberry
2018
Ilex opaca f. xanthocarpa
2021
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'
2022
Ilex x attenuata ‘Longwood Gold’
2024
Ilex opaca ‘Longwood Gardens’
All requests for information concerning holly or the Holly Society of America, Inc. should be addressed to the secretary. All technical questions will be referred to the foremost experts in the field.All requests for information concerning Holly or Holly Society of America, Inc.
