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Taxonomy

Notes:

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Parentage: I. cassine var. myrtifolia x opaca.

Physical Description

Genus Ilex:

Usually dioecious shrubs or trees. Leaves coriaceous, often spinose and shiny above; stipules caducous. Flowers 4-5-merous, bisexual or unisexual with vestigial remains of either sex. Corolla rotate. Style absent or obsolete, stigma lobed. Drupe fleshy, pyrenes 2-5, rarely more.

400 species, tropical and subtropical areas of both hemispheres. Represented in Pakistan by 2 species (excluding 1 cultivated species) .^[1]

Habit: Evergreen.

Flowers: White flowers. Blooms in mid-spring. Atrracts bees and butterflies. • Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: inconspicuous, near white, none, white

Seeds: Fruit: Females produce red berries in fall and autumn if a male of the same species is within 100 feet. Many migrating birds, such as robins, will gorge on the fruit.

Foliage: Tiny, narrow, dark green, shallowly toothed, oval to ovate glossy evergreen. • Fall foliage: Green

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Distribution

Landscaping

Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feeding should be done in early spring or late autumn with a fertilizer formulated for acid-loving broad-leaved evergreens, such as cottonseed meal, rhododendron fertilizer, Miracid®, etc. If pruning becomes necessary, do it in early spring before new growth begins, trimming towards a symmetrical shape.

Growth

Culture: Space 15-20' apart.

Soil: Soil: Requires well-drained, slightly acid, fertile soil. • Minimum pH: 4.5 • Maximum pH: 6.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Moisture: Water Requirements: Keep the soil moist during the summer growing season, but allow it to dry somewhat in early fall to allow the new growth to mature enough to resist winter damage.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ilex:

There are approximately 2,048 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: I. owariensis · I. 'Accent' · I. 'Ampfield King' · I. 'Ampfield Queen' · I. 'Apollo' (Deciduous Holly) · I. 'Bonfire' (Winterberry Holly) · I. 'Brighter Shines' · I. 'Clusterberry' (Clusterberry Holly) · I. 'Codeed' · I. 'Coronet' (Holly) · I. 'Cresgold' · I. 'Dazzler' · I. 'Doctor Kassab' · I. 'Dr. Kassab' (Dr Kassab Holly) · I. 'Drace' · I. 'Edward J. Stevens' (Edward Stevens Holly) · I. 'Elegance' (Holly) · I. 'Emerald Magic' (Emerald Magic Holly) · I. 'Emily Bruner' (Holly) · I. 'Good Taste' · I. 'Harvest Red' (Deciduous Holly) · I. 'Hecken Star' · I. 'Heckenpracht' · I. 'Indian Chief' · I. 'Jim' · I. 'John T. Morris' (John Morris Holly) · I. 'Liberty' (Liberty Holly) · I. 'Little Diamond' · I. 'Loch Raven' · I. 'Lydia Morris' · I. 'Mary Nell' (Mary Nell Holly) · I. 'Mesdob' · I. 'Mesog' · I. 'Miniature' · I. 'Mondo' · I. 'Natalie Webster' · I. 'Nellie R. Stevens' (Nellie Stevens Holly) · I. 'Pyramidalis' · I. 'Raritan Chief' (Winterberry Holly) · I. 'Rock Garden' (Holly) · I. 'Sadezam' · I. 'September Gem' (Holly) · I. 'Shin Nien' · I. 'Sparkleberry' · I. 'Sundance' · I. 'Tanager' (American Holly) · I. 'Virgo' · I. 'Washington' · I. 'William Cowgill' · I. 'Winter Gold' · I. abscondita · I. acrodonta · I. acrodonta var. angustifolia · I. acrodonta var. latifolia · I. aculeata · I. aculeolata · I. acuminata · I. acutangula · I. acutidenticulata · I. aequatoriensis · I. aequitoriensis · I. aestivalis · I. affinis · I. affinis f. brachyphylla · I. affinis f. medica · I. affinis f. stenothyrsa · I. affinis var. angustifolia · I. affinis var. apollinis · I. affinis var. genuina · I. affinis var. latifolia · I. affinis var. pachypoda · I. affinis var. rivularis · I. affinis var. valida · I. aggregata · I. ahrensii · I. alainii · I. altaclarensis · I. alternifolia · I. altiplana · I. amara · I. amara f. densiserrata · I. amara f. humboldtiana · I. amara f. leucocalycoides · I. amara f. microphylla · I. amara f. nigropunctata · I. amara f. ovalifolia · I. amara var. angustifolia · I. amara var. bahiensis · I. amara var. crepitans · I. amara var. latifolia · I. amara var. longifolia · I. amara var. muenteriana · I. amara var. tijucensis · I. amazonensis · I. ambigua (Carolina Holly) · I. ambigua f. channellii · I. ambigua f. mollis · I. ambigua f. montana · I. ambigua macropoda · I. ambigua montana

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Notes

Contributors:

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.

Identifiers:

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 968338

Footnotes:

1. "Ilex". in Flora of Pakistan Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.