Taxon

Ilex opaca 'Cheerful'

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Common name: Cheerful American holly
Family: Aquifoliaceae (holly family)
Distribution: Species native to e. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen tree
Comments: An upright, conically shaped, female broadleaf evergreen tree 30' tall by 10' wide with glossy green spiny leaves. Bright red berries mature in fall and persist into winter. A good-fruiting "old-time" selection introduced around 1948. Requires a male pollinator for fruit production.

Locations

  • 1: HOL: BJ25 (BJ25) • Accession: D1968-0928.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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