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Female Flower in June |
Foliage in September |
Form at Bedgebury in Kent on 20 September |
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Plant Name |
Ilex aquifolium from Aquifoliaceae Family |
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Common Name |
Common Holly (Syn. English Holly) |
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Soil |
Peaty Sand or Chalk |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun or Part Shade |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Plant Type |
Evergreen Tree |
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Height x Spread in feet |
80 x 25 |
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Foliage |
Dense ovate spine-toothed dark green foliage with grey bark |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
White in May-June followed by red berries in the female trees |
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Comment |
Erect, dense, pyramidal or oblong form. Pruning Group 1. Trim hedges in early spring. This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd , Hedges Direct and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd. |
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Male Flower |
Single Leaf |
Fruit in September |
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Male Flowers |
Female Flowers |
Hedge from Bedgebury in June |
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