Plant Profile: Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®

Names

Christmas Jewel, Christmas Jewel Holly

  • Photo of Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® (Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®s)

Phonetic Spelling:EYE-leks

Genus:Ilex

Species:

Family:Aquifoliaceae

The Christmas Jewel® holly is a small, densely packed evergreen tree that features a pyramidal shape and vibrant dark green, shiny leaves. While it does have spines, they are not sharp, making them safe to touch. Please note that propagation of this plant is not allowed.

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Feature Summary

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Image Gallery

Tags

#evergreen
#small tree
#red berries
#winter interest
#glossy leaves
#red fruits
#evergreen tree

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Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Feature Summary

Fruit
Apple-red berries appear even without a pollinator in early December and persist into summer.
Red/Burgundy
Summer
Winter
Spring
Attributes
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Landscape
Winter Garden

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Fruit

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Fruit Description

Apple-red berries appear even without a pollinator in early December and persist into summer.

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Fruit Type

Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Fruit Color

grass
Red/Burgundy

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Display/Harvest Time

Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Attributes

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Life Cycle

Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Whole Plant Traits

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Habit/Form

Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Growth Rate

Slow
Medium
Rapid

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Appendage

Prickles
Spines
Tendrils
Thorns

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Cultural Conditions

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Light

Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Soil Drainage

Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Available Space To Plant

12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Leaves

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Leaf Color

spa
Green

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Hairs Present

No
Yes

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Stem

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel® Landscape

Ilex x 'HL10-90' Christmas Jewel®: Landscape Theme

Asian Garden
Butterfly Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Edible Garden
English Garden
Fairy Garden
Garden for the Blind
Native Garden
Nighttime Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain Garden
Rock Garden
Shade Garden
Water Garden
Winter Garden