| Scientific Name: | Ilex crenata cvs. |
| Common Name: | Japanese holly |
| Family Name: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Sheared hedge, Topiary |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Green, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Dense, evergreen shrub, most cvs. 90-120cm tall; leaves alternate, most cvs. ovate-elliptic, 0.6-2.5cm long x 0.4-1.2cm wide, closely spaced, alternate-spirally arranged (compared to opposite leaves of boxwood), glossy, dark green, margin with 2-4 small teeth with tiny glands on points; drupes on female plants round, black, ~6mm wide. | |