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'Clarendon Spreading'
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Clarendon Spreading American holly
Family:
Aquifoliaceae (holly family)
Distribution:
Species native to e. United States
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
An unusual form of American holly. Spreads wider than high growing into a dense, flat-topped shrub about 5' high and 15' wide. Leaves are evergreen, large-spined and medium green in color. Bears red fruit only in the presence of a male pollinator. Great used as a specimen or low hedge.
Links:
Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder
Locations
1:
AZA: AX14
(AX14)
• Accession: D1992-0669.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
HOL: BJ27
(BJ27)
• Accession: D1982-0037.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual