Plant: Savannah - Holly
Holly · Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
Savannah is a columnar to pyramidal evergreen holly, a hybrid of Ilex cassine and Ilex opaca from the southeastern United States, growing 10 to 20 feet tall and 8 to 15 feet wide at a medium rate. Its four inch, sparsely spined, light green leaves are broad and paper thin, and abundant pea-sized red fruits appear in fall and persist over winter as food for birds. It takes full sun to partial shade in acid to neutral soil with good drainage, resists deer and pollution, and suits a specimen, a tall hedge or a vertical accent beside a walk or patio.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 15 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Savannah is a columnar to pyramidal evergreen holly, a hybrid of Ilex cassine and Ilex opaca from the southeastern United States, growing 10 to 20 feet tall and 8 to 15 feet wide at a medium rate. Its four inch, sparsely spined, light green leaves are broad and paper thin, and abundant pea-sized red fruits appear in fall and persist over winter as food for birds. It takes full sun to partial shade in acid to neutral soil with good drainage, resists deer and pollution, and suits a specimen, a tall hedge or a vertical accent beside a walk or patio.
- Flowers
- Greenish-white spring flowers that are inconspicuous, borne in cymes.
- Foliage
- Four inch long leaves that are sparsely spined, light green, elliptic to ovate, broad and paper thin.
- Fruit
- Abundant, pea-sized red fruits appear in fall and persist over winter.
- Native range
- Southeastern United States; a hybrid of Ilex cassine and Ilex opaca
