QUERCUS ilex

holly oak

QUERCUS ilex

holly oak

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  • Maintenance advice : It tolerates being pruned at the end of winter, if you wish to maintain its shrubby shape or to use it as a hedge.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : South-Western Europe, Mediterranean region
  • Use group : Bäumen
  • Height at 10 years : 8 m
  • Width at 10 years : 6 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : tree like
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Absent
  • Soil type : Dry soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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It is the hardiest of the evergreen oaks. Rather slow-growing tree that can reach over 10m tall with age. Dense and pyrmid-shaped vegetation, easily shaped into a rounded tree. It grows in any drained soils and can tolerate calcareous conditions as well as sea spray.