American Holly Ilex opaca

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Botanical Name:

Ilex opaca Southern

Family:

Aquifoliaceae

Genus:

Ilex

Species:

opaca

Common Name:

American Holly

Seeds Per Pound:

22,700

Quantity:

2.55 lb

Germination:

83%

Germination Test Type:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

99%

Height:

18 feet

Collection Locale:

Louisiana

Crop Year:

2023

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

In Stock: 2.55 lb

Prices

Ilex opaca Southern

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Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:

1 packet (~ 0 seeds)

$5.95

1 oz (~ 1419 seeds)

$20.00

1 lb (~ 22700 seeds)

$160.00

1 kg (~ 50045 seeds)

$352.74

Characteristics

Low PH

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.

Stratification: warm stratify for 60 days, cold stratify for 60 days.

Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, keep moist, mulch the seed bed.

Other: seedlings need shade for their first year , Sporadic germination will occur over a 2-3 year period.

In a Nutshell:

* Ilex opaca is a medium-sized broadleaved evergreen tree growing to 10-20 m tall, exceptionally up to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter typically up to 50 cm, exceptionally 120 cm.

* The Ilex opaca species typically grows as an understory tree in forests. It is rare in the north of its range in southern Connecticut, southeastern New York, and isolated areas of Cape Cod, and always small there. It is abundant further south on the southern coast and in the Gulf states, reaching its greatest size on the bottomlands of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas.

* Ilex opaca is often cultivated by plant nurseries for use as a broadleaf evergreen ornamental plant, planted as a shrub or slower growing ornamental tree.

* Yellow-green spiny leaves, red fruit almost 1/2" wide, lasting into winter, of pyramidal habit in youth, later more open, with horizontal branches, sometimes contorted, must have male and female to get fruit, parent of many varied cultivars, native to eastern U.S.

* A strikingly white wood, it is valued for use in veneers and inlay. It weighs 36lb per cubic foot. Too small for commercial exploitation, but it is valued for use in cabinet making and the interior finishes of houses, it is also used for making small items such as tool handles. The wood can also be stained to imitate ebony. more...

* American holly is the state tree of Delaware.

* Holly is a popular winter Christmas and holiday season decoration. In English poetry and English stories the holly is inseparably connected with the merry-making and greetings which gather around the Christmas time. more...

Usda description:

More info on http://plants.usda.gov

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Evergreen Plant

Medicinal

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Shade Tolerant Plant

Specimen Tree

Plant with Winter Interest

Acid Loving Plant

Cut Flowers

Heat Tolerant

Salt Tolerant Plant

Agricultural

Poisonous

Ornamental Fruit

Low PH