Ilex cornuta 'D'Or' Drought Tolerant and few plants have earned

and few plants have earned an epithet so plainly

this is the form that finally made gardeners look twice at a native shrub long overlooked despite centuries of quiet usefulness

often in late winter

silvered cast rare in the genus

Ilex cornuta 'D'Or' Drought Tolerant and few plants have earnedIlex cornuta 'D'Or' is the golden fruited version of a garden classic, a glossy evergreen Chinese holly hung through fall and winter with large, clear yellow berries in place of the usual red. The dark green, leathery leaves are nearly spineless, most carrying just a single spine at the tip, so the effect is polished rather than fierce, the bright fruit standing out cleanly against the deep foliage. The plant began as a happy accident. Sometime in the