Many cultivars exist. Yellow Berry' with bright yellow berries. Cultivars with white variegated leaf margins are very distinctive. English hollies dislike poor drainage and low temperatures. Their growth rate is quite slow.
Female plants produce small red berries in large clusters.
New growth has a purplish tinge, which turns dark green. Yaupon Holly tolerates wind and hot climates better than most evergreen hollies. The dwarf form 'Compacta' grows to 4 feet, but can be sheared to make a 2-foot hedge. This fast-growing cultivar has excellent dark green foliage and large, red berries and makes an excellent specimen tree. Prepared by Marjan Kluepfel, HGIC Information Specialist, and Bob Polomski, Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University.