Ilex Plant. Holly plants are flowering perennials, flowering in. There are dozens of varieties, many with variegated leaves.
Ilex, also called holly or winterberry, is a genus includes some 350 plant species and is best known for its spiny, evergreen forms with red berries. The winterberry, otherwise known as the ilex verticillata or common winterberry, winterberry, michigan holly, black alder, ilex bronxensis, ilex fastigiata, ilex verticillata var. The plant is the traditional christmas holly in europe.
