Stem: Stem Color: Green Stem Is Aromatic: No Stem Surface: Hairy (pubescent) Stem Description: Stems are green on current season growth, and turn gray-green to gray-brown by year 2 or 3.Bark: Bark Color: Dark Gray Surface/Attachment: Smooth Bark Description: Smooth, gray-brown or slightly greenish.Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Leaf Color: Green Leaf Feel: Glossy Leaf Value To Gardener: Long-lasting Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: Pistillate cyme, in leaf axils of current season's growth staminate solitary in leaf axils of current season's growth. Flowers: Flower Color: Green White Flower Inflorescence: Cyme Flower Value To Gardener: Fragrant Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: Sky Pencil Holly cultivars are all female, thus a male cultivar is required nearby for pollination. Fruit: Fruit Color: Black Fruit Value To Gardener: Showy Display/Harvest Time: Fall Winter Fruit Type: Berry Drupe Fruit Length: Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Shrub Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Habit/Form: Columnar Dense Erect Multi-stemmed Growth Rate: Slow Maintenance: Medium Texture: Medium Appendage: Spines. Human ingestion of berries can cause minor toxic reaction. Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): Mildly resistant to damage by deer. Members of the genus Ilex support the following specialized bee: Colletes banksi.
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