Wikibooks: Horticulture/Ilex crenata

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Thumb; Huxley; Sakhalin
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WMOG header Ilex crenata Hortibox Japanese Holly Image = Ilex Crenata2.jpg Binomial = Ilex crenata Genus = Family = Aquifoliaceae Variety = Type = Sun = Water = Soil = USDA Hardiness Zone = Sunset Zone = Propagation = Pruning season = Pruning tolerance = Forcing = Transplant = Pest issues = Disease issues = Bloom season = Fruit season = Sowing methods = Harvest = Storage = Weediness = Pollination = Seed Dispersal = Germination Time = Germination Signal = Ripe Seed = Seed Banking = Vegetative Spread = Allelopathy = Group = Sowing time = Days to germination = Days to baby = Days to maturity = Bolting = Flat cropping = Planting depth = Plant spacing = Row spacing = Seed collection = Height and spread = Root = Growth rate = Shade cast = Underplanting = Toxicity and edibility = Patent= Hybrid type= Ilex crenata ( Japanese Holly or Box leaved Holly (Japanese イヌツゲ inutsuge) is an evergreen shrub native to eastern China Japan Korea Taiwan and Sakhalin. Germplasm Resources Information Network Japanese Holly is grown as an ornamental plant for its dense evergreen foliage. It is superficially similar in appearance to box ( Buxus ) and is often used in similar situations it can readily be distinguished from box by its alternate not opposite leaf arrangement. =Description= It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to a height of 3–5 m (rarely 10 m) tall with a trunk diameter up to 20 cm. The leaves are glossy dark green small 10–30 mm long and 10–17 mm broad with a crenate margin sometimes spiny. The flowers are dioecious white four lobed. The fruit is a black drupe 5 mm diameter containing four seeds. It grows well in acidic soil between a pH of 3.7 and 6.0. Osaka hundred trees (in Japanese ) Okayama Science University (in Japanese ) Huxley A. ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening . Macmillan ISBN 0 333 47494 5. =Cultivation= [[thumb left Ilex crenata edging [[parterre]] beds in an English garden]] =Growing Conditions= Grows best in part shade but tolerates both deep shade (where it will have a ...