Ilex spinigera (female) Open House and botanists have since shuffled

and botanists have since shuffled the plant toward a new genus

Where most gardenias pile petal on petal

the Bahamas

That success in the Southeast makes Gou Tou a distinctive choice for gardens after cold-tolerant citrus with old-world character

and will settle happily into an ordinary garden given steady moisture

Ilex spinigera (female) Open House and botanists have since shuffledIlex spinigera is a holly with a deep past, a rare evergreen from the Hyrcanian forests that ring the southern Caspian Sea in northern Iran. Small, glossy, dark green leaves edged with fine spines clothe a dense small tree or large shrub, and on female plants such as this one bright red berries glow against the foliage through fall and into winter, the classic holly effect on an uncommonly ancient plant. Those Hyrcanian woods are living museums. When