Carolina Sentinel Holly. This is another one of those great plants that Dr. J. C. Raulston introduced to the trade. As I remember, he said that he had no idea of its origin. It has a very tight fastigate type growth habit with leaves only about 1-2" long and half as wide with very few spines. But it has some of the largest berries of the Ilex genus. We have never provided a pollinator, but we always get a heavy crop of berries. This is one of the finest plants that I know where one needs a narrow screen. It can also be trained into a standard and used as a container plant. I much prefer this selection to Foster Holly. On first observation, it looks like this could be a hybrid between an Ilex pernyi and Ilex cornuta.
