Holly
Ilex aquifolium L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 12 m
- wide
- 6.1 m
Aquifoliaceae
Also called English holly
Formerly Aquifolium croceum, Aquifolium ferox, Aquifolium heterophyllum, Aquifolium ilex, and 17 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 9.1 m to 15 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- German
- Stechpalme, Europäische Stechpalme
- French
- houx
- Dutch
- Hulst, hulst
- Macedonian
- божиковина
- Asturian
- carrascu, xardu, briscu
- Czech
- cesmína ostrolistá
- Slovenian
- navadna bodika
- Chinese
- 枸骨叶冬青
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Ilex aquifolium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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