| Scientific Name: | Ilex aquifolium |
| Common Name: | English holly |
| Family Name: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Screening, Security/barrier |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Red, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Dioecious evergreen tree with dense pyramidal form or one of several common shrubby cultivars; leaves alternate, most ovate elliptic, 2-5cm long x 1-3cm wide, leathery, lustrous, dark green, margins entire to highly spiny, lighter green underside; cymes axillary, flowers 12-14mm wide, in axillary, 4 white petals, only the male or female plants fully form; drupes bright red, nearly round, most 7-9mm wide, persistent. | |