Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ Pleached Tree

Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ is a striking evergreen holly cultivar that lends itself beautifully to pleached tree form, offering year-round structure, privacy, and seasonal interest. With its glossy, deep green foliage and vibrant red berries in autumn and winter, it’s a practical and ornamental solution for screening and boundary planting in formal garden designs.

This hybrid of Ilex aquifolium and Ilex cornuta is well-suited to the UK climate, thriving in full sun or partial shade and tolerating a range of soils, including clay and chalk. It’s highly valued for its dense habit, excellent wind resistance, and relatively fast growth for a holly, making it ideal for pleaching.

Pleached Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ trees form an attractive green screen on a clear stem, perfect for elevating privacy above fence lines or defining spaces within a landscape. Once established, the foliage responds well to shaping and clipping, allowing a neat, boxy frame to be maintained throughout the year.

We typically supply this variety as pleached trees with clear stem heights around 180–200 cm and frame sizes from 120 × 120 cm upwards. If you’re looking for a particular frame size or height, we’re happy to source it for you on request.

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