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I have looked around and see contradictory information regarding Ilex 'Shillings' (which is the name that my plant had at the nursery I bought it). Bonsai BCI in this article says it is different than Ilex vomitoria or Japan Holy, Dave's garden says it is a cultivar, and I have seen somewhere in the net that it is supposed to be a cultivar which is propagated vegetatively and this is the male version Ilex vomitoria plant.

Can my Ilex vomitoria/ shillings be treated as if it was an Ilex crenata (Japanese Holy)? Is this a good time of the year to hard prune and bare root?

This is a 4" or 5" trunk shrub that came in a 15 gallon nursery container, I will probably make it into a clump style because of the way it looks.

17-Jul-2006	#8
onlyrey BonsaiTalk Enthusiast Join Date: Aug-2005 Location: Tampa Country: USA USDA Zone: 9b AHS Heat Zone: 10 Posts: 349	Ilex Shillings I have looked around and see contradictory information regarding Ilex 'Shillings' (which is the name that my plant had at the nursery I bought it). Bonsai BCI in this article says it is different than Ilex vomitoria or Japan Holy, Dave's garden says it is a cultivar, and I have seen somewhere in the net that it is supposed to be a cultivar which is propagated vegetatively and this is the male version Ilex vomitoria plant. Can my Ilex vomitoria/ shillings be treated as if it was an Ilex crenata (Japanese Holy)? Is this a good time of the year to hard prune and bare root? This is a 4" or 5" trunk shrub that came in a 15 gallon nursery container, I will probably make it into a clump style because of the way it looks.