The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Kingsville Green Cushion Japanese holly

Family: Aquifoliaceae (holly family)

Distribution: Species native to n.e. Asia

Hardiness: USDA Zone 6

Life form: Evergreen shrub

Comments: This broadleaf evergreen holly has small leaves resembling boxwood. Its growth habit is dense, compact and upright rounded with dark green glossy leaves, ovate to elliptic, with slightly scalloped edges. This is a male selection, producing no fruit. Use in the border, foundation planting or as a low hedge.