Plant: Emily Brunner - Holly
Holly · Ilex cornuta x Ilex latifolia 'Emily Bruner'
Size: 7 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Emily Bruner is a dense pyramidal broadleaf evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 15 to 20 feet tall and 5 to 8 feet wide, with horizontal branching and glossy dark green prickly leaves nearly five inches long. Small fragrant dull white flowers open in late spring, and on this female clone clusters of large vivid red berries encircle the stems in winter. It grows at a medium rate in full sun to partial shade on well drained acid to neutral soil and resists deer, but needs a male pollinizer such as James Swan to fruit. Use it as a screen, tall hedge or winter accent.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-9
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Emily Bruner is a dense pyramidal broadleaf evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 15 to 20 feet tall and 5 to 8 feet wide, with horizontal branching and glossy dark green prickly leaves nearly five inches long. Small fragrant dull white flowers open in late spring, and on this female clone clusters of large vivid red berries encircle the stems in winter. It grows at a medium rate in full sun to partial shade on well drained acid to neutral soil and resists deer, but needs a male pollinizer such as James Swan to fruit. Use it as a screen, tall hedge or winter accent.
- Flowers
- Small dull white flowers about one quarter to one third inch across open in late spring.
- Foliage
- Glossy dark green leaves about four and three quarter inches long by two inches wide.
- Fruit
- Large vivid red globose berrylike fruits are borne in clusters that encircle the stem.
- Bark & stems
- Bark is light gray and smooth, becoming finely flaky with age.
