| Scientific Name: | Ilex crenata |
| 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: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (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: | |
| Small, dense, evergreen shrub; leaves mostly less than 10(-13)mm long, closely spaced, alternate-spirally arranged (compared to opposite leaves of boxwood), almost round, glossy, and 2-4 small teeth with tiny glands on points. | |