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Ilex opaca 'Little's Red Bunch'
Common name:
Little's Red Bunch American holly
Family:
Aquifoliaceae (holly family)
Distribution:
Species native to e. United States
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
A female, broadleaf evergreen tree growing 20' tall and 10' wide with glossy, moderately olive-green, spineless leaves. This selection is purported to be columnar in habit. In the presence of a suitable male pollinator, this heavy-fruiting plant develops vivid red berries which persist into winter.
Locations
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HOL: BM31
(BM31)
• Accession: D1997-0853.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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