Human ingestion of berries can cause minor toxic reaction. Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): Mildly resistant to damage by deer. Members of the genus Ilex support the following specialized bee: Colletes banksi. Fire Risk Rating: medium flammability Wildlife Value: The small fragrant flowers attract bees.
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Matures to 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide, narrow pyramidal form, free branching, glossy dark green leaves. Maintains narrow, columnar shape without pruning. Grows slowly, little to no pruning required, and does not require much water maintenance Shrubby cultivar that grows in a rounded mound Male cultivar, no fruit, unusual golden foliage, matures to 2 feet high. VIDEO created by Ryan Contreras for “Landscape Plant Materials I: Deciduous Hardwoods and Conifers or Landscape Plant Materials II: Spring Flowering Trees and Shrubs” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscapes: Mountain Ridge Top Garden - North Lawn and Upper Drive Border Woodland Backyard Garden Walk Mountain Ridge Top Garden - East Lawn and Lower Drive Border Cultivars / Varieties:īroad, upright-spreading, compact shrub, matures to 4 feet tall and to 5 feet wide. Alkaline soils will cause the leaves to yellow. Spider mites and nematodes are occasional pests. Insects, Diseases and Other Plant Problems: It is abundantly planted as an ornamental in North Carolina. There are many cultivars available and used in landscaping the parent species is rarely seen. It is pollinated by bees and is not self-fertile. The species is dioecious (meaning individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant, thus both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required).
It does have a slow growth rate and it may not thrive in areas with high heat and humidity (USDA zones 8 and 9). It tolerates drought, shade, air pollution, poor soils, and clay soils and is easy to transplant. The shrub can be pruned to manage its size so it works well in small spaces.
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Plant in the full sun to partial shade in acidic well-drained soil though it tolerates a wide range of soil types, from moist to dry, including clay. The plant tolerates severe pruning and you will find this plant often used to make topiaries. The shrub is dense, rigid, compact, and grows up to 10 feet tall. The epithet, crenate, refers to the crenate margins of the leaves. The genus name, Ilex, comes from the Latin Quercus ilex for holm oak and refers to the similarity in the shape of the leaves. It is a native of Japan and east Asia and can be found in thickets, woods and wet places in lowland and mountains all over Japan. Japanese Holly is a handsome, evergreen shrub in the Aquifoliaceae family. Phonetic Spelling EYE-leks kre-NAY-tuh This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
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