False Holly, Gulftide False Holly
| Botanical Name: | Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' |
| Category: | Evergreen Shrubs |
| Height: | 8-15' |
| Spread: | 8' |
| Exposure: | Sun to Shade |
| Care: | None; may be trimmed to control size if desired; also may be sheared to form a hedge |
| Deer Resistant: | Y (Extremely) |
| Description: | Foliage resembles holly leaves. Evergreen, dense, upright, oval shrub. Leathery lustrous dark green foliage. Very fragrant, white fall blossoms. Shade tolerant. Use as dense hedge or screen or single specimen. Responds well to shearing if desired. Good substitute for hollies where deer are an issue. |
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American Boxwood
Azalea Flame Creeper
Blue Pacific Juniper
Blue Star Juniper
Cavatine Dwarf Pieris, Dwarf Andromeda, Dwarf Lily of the Valley Shrub
China Girl Holly
Chindo Viburnum, Sweet Viburnum
Daub's Frosted Juniper
Delaware Valley White Azalea
Dense Japanese Plum Yew
Densiformis Yew
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
English Boxwood
English Weeping Yew
False Holly, Gulftide False Holly 
Flaming Silver Pieris, Variegated Andromeda, Variegated Lily of the Valley Shrub
Gold Lace Juniper
Gulftream Dwarf Nandina, Gulfstream Heavenly Bamboo
Harbour Dwarf Nandina, Harbour Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo
Heavenly Bamboo
Helleri Japanese Holly
Hino Crimson Azalea
Hoogendoorn Japanese Holly
Inkberry Holly
Japanese Aucuba
Kaempo Azalea
Manhattan Euonymous
Mother Lode Juniper
Mountain Fire Pieris, Mountain Fire Andromeda, Lily of the Valley Shrub
Oregon Grape Holly
Otto Luyken Dwarf English Laurel
P.J.M. Small Leaved Rhododendron
Sargent's Juniper
Sea Green Juniper
Siberian Cypress
Silver Mist Juniper
Skip Laurel
Soft Touch Japanese Holly
Spreading Japanese Plum Yew
Steed's Japanese Holly
Variegated False Holly, Goshiki Osmanthus
Winter Gem Boxwood