Ilex Species, American Holly, Christmas Holly (Ilex opaca)

American Holly

Multistemed American holly

The lovely American Holly, Ilex opaca.

American Holly growing in woods.

Female American holly displaying 30 year old habit, 11/27/06, Jessamine County KY

American holly displaying highly glossy foliage potential, 2/25/06, Scott County KY


Woodside Cemetery, May 12 2008, Middletown, Ohio, Usa

Woodside Cemetery, May 12 2008, Middletown, Ohio, Usa

American holly mature male tree in full bloom giving the tree a golden sheen, 5/14/08, Louisville KY

Dawes Arboretum 6a, Ohio, October 26 2008

Male flowers

Female flowers


rare snow on holly central sc

Oh Holly Night! (Taken Christmas Eve 2012)

Holly after after freezing rain resembling a Klingon bird of prey

One of Holly Tree's tiny flowers on 5 May 2013

Wild evergreen holly trees with oak trees in forest in southern Delaware in April 2016

several trees in January 2015 in southeast PA

a few trees together in a front yard in southeast PA in November 2005

a specimen in Rehoboth Beach, DE downtown in January 2012

a specimen in a large yard in southeast PA in Noveber 2009

wild trees at forest edge in southern DE in January 2012

The tip of a branch during bloom on 23 April 2016.

Unusual gold form. Colonial Williamsburg. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
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Ilex Species, American Holly, Christmas Holly
Ilex opaca
Type: | Trees |
Height: | 30-... ft. | 9-... m |
Conditions: | Zone 5-9, Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade |