Ilex Aquifolium - Cultivation

Cultivation

Ilex aquifolium, the familiar holly of Christmas cards and wreaths, is widely grown in parks and gardens in temperate regions. Both male and female specimens must be grown together to ensure berries (drupes), which are produced only by female plants. Numerous cultivars have been selected, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (RHS AGM):-

  • I. aquifolium
  • 'Amber' (female)
  • 'Argentea Marginata'
  • 'Ferox Argentea'
  • 'Golden Queen'
  • 'Handsworth New Silver'
  • 'J.C. van Tol'
  • 'Madame Briot'
  • 'Myrtifolia Aurea Maculata'
  • 'Pyramidalis'
  • 'Silver Queen'

The hybrid Ilex x altaclerensis was developed at Highclere Castle in 1835, a cross between I. aquifolium and the tender species I. perado. The following cultivars have gained the RHS AGM:-

  • 'Belgica Aurea'
  • 'Camelliifolia'
  • 'Golden King'
  • 'Hodginsii'
  • 'Lawsoniana'

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