Ilex crenata 'Bennett's Compacta' ~ Bennett's Compact Japanese Holly shade-garden IMAGE: Tracie Hall

IMAGE: Tracie Hall

IMAGES: Rexness from Melbourne

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Fruits: Thornless Blackberry

It is a popular choice for small gardens or landscapes due to its manageable size

Ilex crenata 'Bennett's Compacta' ~ Bennett's Compact Japanese Holly shade-garden IMAGE: Tracie HallBennett's Compact Japanese Holly is a dense compact evergreen shrub with a tidy rounded habit of upright branches and small lustrous green foliage. If pollinated, the inconspicuous flowers in spring to give way to small red fruits in fall which last through winter. Best planted in moist, slightly acidic well drained soils. Hollies are dioecious and need both male and female plants to produce fruit. Type: Shrub Origins: East Asia and eastern Russia