Common Name: Savannah Holly |
Family: Aquifoliaceae |
Zone: 4 - 9 |
Average Size: 25' H x 15' W |
Identification:
- Loose pyramidal form
- Simple leaf, oval with small spines on margin, light green, evergreen
- Large red berries in late autumn through winter
- Smooth gray bark, usually multiple trunks
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Notes: An interspecific hybrid of I. opaca and I. cassine, the Savannah Holly is probably the most popular of the I. x attenuata hybrids. The large berries are borne in great abundance in autumn making this selection an outstanding specimen or mass planting. |
Campus Location: David Boyd Hall, northwest corner |
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