Dwarf Burford Holly
Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii Nana’ · a dwarf Burford holly
A compact Chinese holly with glossy leaves and bright red winter berries that it sets without a male plant, a handy hedge, foundation shrub or specimen. Once settled it takes Southern heat and drought. Give it a spot sheltered from hard frost and wind, in soil that drains well.
- Mature size
- 6 × 6 ft
- 1.8 × 1.8 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to moist
- Blooms
- Apr
Dwarf Burford Holly at its mature size
A mature Dwarf Burford Holly grows 4 to 8 feet tall and just as wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, The Tree Center.
Through the year
What Dwarf Burford Holly looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Glossy dark green spine-tipped leaves, a few red berries.
Growing Dwarf Burford Holly
- Grows well in
- The Southeast and the Plains and Mountain West.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, foundation planting, specimen, drought tolerant, deer resistant, and winter interest
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- China and Korea
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Dwarf Burford Holly, that’s about 6 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Dwarf Burford Holly in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hollies
Compacta Japanese HollyDwarf Burford Holly
Castle Wall Holly
Steeds Japanese HollyAll drawn to the same scale.