Botanical name
Ilex aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'
Other names
Holly 'Handsworth New Silver'
Genus
Variety or Cultivar
'Handsworth New Silver' _ 'Handsworth New Silver' is a compact, dense, evergreen tree or shrub with purple young shoots. Its dark-green, elliptic leaves are spined and broadly margined with white. In spring and summer it bears small, white flowers followed, in autumn, by bright-red berries.
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Bushy, Dense
Toxicity
Berries may cause discomfort if ingested.
Awards
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)