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Ilex (aquifoium cornuta) ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ leucoclada ‘Clusterberry’, U.S. National Arboretum Accesion No. 28313 and PI 422216 is a new introduction from the National Arboretum as part of its hybridizing program in Ilex for improved plants for landscape use (1). It is a spreading, medium sized shrub with large, broad, soft leathery, fine spined, evergreen leaves, and glossy red fruit displayed in large dense clusters.

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Ilex (serrata ⨯ verticillata) ‘Sparkleberry ’, U.S. National Arboretum Accession No. 29739 and PI 378149, is a new introduction from the U.S. National Arboretum as part of its hybridizing program in Ilex for improved plants for landscape use (1). This selection is a large multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with a handsome display of bright red fruit. Ilex X ‘Apollo’, a sibling staminate seedling was selected and named as a preferred pollinator for ‘Sparkleberry’.

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Ilex [ciliospinosa ⨯ (✗ aquipernyi)] ‘September Gem’ is a slow growing, fine textured broadleaved evergreen shrub with showy red fruit. It has a compact, broadly conical habitat that is especially useful for small properties or in limited areas for landscaping. This plant was developed as part of the Ilex hybridization program at the U.S. National Arboretum aimed at producing new and superior landscape plants (1).

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Ilex (serrata ⨯ verticillata) ‘Apollo’, U.S. National Arboretum Accession No. 29739 and PI 422217, is a new introduction from the U.S. National Arboretum as part of its hybridizing program in Ilex for improved plants for landscape use (1). The selection is a large multi-stemmed deciduous staminate shrub as a preferred pollinator for its pistillate sibling selection ‘Sparkleberry’.

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