First-class American cultivar, originating from a cross between I. cornuta and I. aquifolium. Attractive, healthy leaves and good, tight, regular habit. Because the plant can bear very many fruits, ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ is one of the most widely used holly cultivars in the USA. Nellie Robinson Stevens was a respected head teacher in Oxford, Maryland. She was also a keen gardener. Around 1900, she collected the seeds from naturally pollinated I. cornuta in the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington. Descendants of these seeds grew in the garden of her home, which after her death in 1951 was purchased by the grower Gustav van Lennep. He noticed the plant and introduced it.
Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens' môže dorastať do výšky 6 - 8 m v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens' rastie priemerne rastúci a môže dorastať do výšky 6 - 8 m v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Správny čas na výsadbu stromu je mimo vegetačné obdobie. V strednej Európe môže byť Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens' so zemným balom vysadený od polovice novembra do konca apríla, avšak závisí to veľmi od klimatických podmienok a druhu stromu.