SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM 'HOLLY M'

Cultivar

ORIGIN:

Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

A white, very full, suckering, non-vining plant with slightly more pointed arrowhead leaves that are predominantly silver-white at maturity with a green line at the margin.¹ In 2004 it was described as compact with nearly solid white leaves and small dark green speckles on the margins.² The 1993 trial lists 'Holly' with intermediate habit and leaf size, silver with silver veins.³

NOTES:

1. An Agri-Starts sport listed among Florida's new cultivars in 2002.⁴

2. Unconfirmed: Sold as 'Holly', 'Holly Bianco' and 'Holly Moonlight', and hard to separate from Oglesby's 'Moonshine'.⁵

REFERENCES:

1. Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida — Syngonium 'Holly M'

2. Chen, J., McConnell, D.B. & Everitt, K.C. 2005. Cultural guidelines for commercial production of interiorscape Syngonium. University of Florida IFAS Extension ENH 993 / EP244

3. Henley, R.W. & Robinson, C.A. 1993. Nephthytis cultivars to know and grow. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 106: 343–347

4. Chen, J., Henny, R.J. & McConnell, D.B. 2002. Development of new foliage plant cultivars. In: Janick, J. & Whipkey, A. (eds), Trends in New Crops and New Uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia

5. Hatch, L.C. 2024. Houseplant Cultivars, Volume I, 2nd edition, Syngonium section (after the Report of the Syngonium Working Group, 2nd edition, 2023). Cultivar.org, Cary, North Carolina

Photo by Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida

Syngonium