Scientific Name: Ilex x altaclerensis
Common Name: Highclere holly
Family Name: Aquifoliaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 10 - 15m x 5 - 7m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Screening
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, May-Jun
Fruit: Drupe, Red, Oct-Nov-Dec, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Stem purplish; leaves glossy, ovate, dark green, margins variable (entire to spinose); fruit persistent red "berries" on female plants.