Ilex coriacea
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Large Gallberry
Aquifoliaceae
Plant Specifics
Form: | Shrub | |
Size: | ft | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | White | |
Fruit Color: | Black | |
Phenology: | Evergreen | |
Noted for: | Interesting foliage |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Occurs naturally at the edges of wooded areas and creates a hedge-like appearance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Considerations: | It's dioecious; so make sure you have at least one male plant in the vicinity to produce berries on the females. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Naturally clonal, so easily started from new offshoots. Seeds of most holly species require 2-3 years of dormancy before they will germinate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Part Shade, Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Acidic |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
Fruits are eaten by birds. | |
Insects: | Bees pollinate flowers. | |
Native Habitats: | Wet flatwoods, titi swamps, bogs. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures