Ilex x koehneana

• BOTANICAL NAME: Ilex x koehneana
• PRONUNCIATION: I-leks x ko-NEE-a-na
• COMMON NAME: Koehne Holly
• FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
• NATIVITY: Of hybrid origin: I. aquifolium x I. latifolia
• GROWTH HABIT: Cultivars vary from 4 - 6' broad shrubs to 15 - 20 pyramidal small shrubs.
• SIZE: See above
• HARDINESS: Zone (6) 7 - 9
• CULTURE: Sun, well-drained, moist soils. This group may be quite heat tolerant but has not been widely planted.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Specimens as small trees, screens and group plantings of the smaller cultivars.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, elliptic-oblong to ovate, margins spiny, 2 - 3 ½" long.
  Dark green foliage that is lighter green beneath. Foliage closely
  resembles that of I. latifolia.
• BUDS:
• BARK: Silver gray.
• FLOWERS: Dioecious, small creamy white, fragrant.
• FRUIT: Drupe, orange-red to red, 3/8" in diameter almost shrouding
  the stem behind the current seasons growth.
• PROPAGATION: Cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS:
  • `Jade' - 4 - 6' broad shrub
  • `Ruby' - similar to `Jade'
  • `San Jose' - a upright pyramidal plant to 15+'
  • `Wirt L. Winn' - upright pyramidal plant to 25'