Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Wildlife Value
Fruits are attractive to birds. Flowers attract bees. Members of the genus Ilex support the following specialized bee: Colletes banksi.
Plant Profile: Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry'
Names
Koehne Holly, Martha Berry Holly
Phonetic Spelling:EYE-leks ko-NEE-ah-na
Genus:Ilex
Species:koehneana
Family:Aquifoliaceae
Ilex x hoehneana is a broadleaf evergreen holly that can reach heights of over 20 feet, depending on its environment. This species features a compact, dense, and well-proportioned pyramidal shape that is visually appealing. Its dark green foliage, complemented by vibrant red berries, enhances its ornamental value. It thrives best in locations shielded from harsh winter winds and intense summer sunlight.
Among its varieties, 'Martha Berry' stands out as one of the finest. This female plant requires a male counterpart for successful fruit production.
When it comes to pests and diseases, 'Martha Berry' is not as resilient to cold as 'Nellie R. Stevens.' Potential threats include holly leaf miners, spider mites, whiteflies, and scale insects. Additionally, issues such as leaf drop and scorch may arise, and high soil pH can lead to yellowing leaves, further impacting the plant's health.
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Feature Summary
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Image Gallery
Tags
#evergreen
#showy berries
#heat tolerant
#drought tolerant
#wildlife plant
#nectar plant
#winter interest
#specialized bees
#deer resistant
#pollinator plant
#clay soils tolerant
#bird friendly
#bee friendly
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Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Feature Summary
Attributes
Fruits are attractive to birds. Flowers attract bees. Members of the genus Ilex support the following specialized bee: Colletes banksi.
Woody
Stem Cutting
Attracts Pollinators
Screening
Fruit
Clusters of brilliant red fruit are persistent.
Berry
Drupe
Red/Burgundy
Showy
Long-lasting
Fall
Winter
< 1 inch
< 1 inch
Flowers
The greenish-white blooms
White
Green
Insignificant
Fragrant
Spring
Leaves
3.5-4.5 in. dark, olive to almost blue-green leaves; slightly wavy
Broadleaf Evergreen
Green
Simple
Alternate
Elliptical
Serrate
3-6 inches
Long-lasting
3-6 inches
Whole Plant Traits
Shrub
Tree
Broadleaf Evergreen
Pyramidal
Dense
Medium
Medium
Spines
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Acid (<6.0)
Good Drainage
6-feet-12 feet
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Stem
Landscape
Pollinator Garden
Winter Garden
Border
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Accent
Screen/Privacy
Small groups
Specimen
Barrier
Lawn
Slope/Bank
Coastal
Pollinators
Songbirds
Bees
Specialized Bees
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Image Gallery
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Attributes
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems)
Deer damage
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Recommended Propagation Strategy
Division
Grafting
Layering
Leaf Cutting
Root Cutting
Seed
Stem Cutting
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Play Value
Attractive Flowers
Attracts Pollinators
Buffer
Colorful
Defines Paths
Easy to Grow
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Pieces Used in Games
Screening
Shade
Sound
Textural
Wildlife Cover/Habitat
Wildlife Food Source
Wildlife Larval Host
Wildlife Nesting
Wind Break
Wind Shimmer
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Fruit
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Fruit Description
Clusters of brilliant red fruit are persistent.
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Fruit Type
Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Fruit Color
Red/Burgundy
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Fruit Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Display/Harvest Time
Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Fruit Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Fruit Width
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Flowers
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Flower Description
The greenish-white blooms
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Flower Color
Green
White
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Flower Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Leaves
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Description
3.5-4.5 in. dark, olive to almost blue-green leaves; slightly wavy
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Color
Green
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Shape
Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Margin
Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Hairs Present
No
Yes
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long-lasting
Showy
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Leaf Width
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Whole Plant Traits
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': 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 koehneana 'Martha Berry': Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': 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 koehneana 'Martha Berry': Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Rapid
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Appendage
Prickles
Spines
Tendrils
Thorns
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Cultural Conditions
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': 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 koehneana 'Martha Berry': Soil pH
Acid (<6.0)
Alkaline (>8.0)
Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': 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 koehneana 'Martha Berry': NC Region
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
6a
6b
7a
7b
8a
8b
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Stem
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry' Landscape
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': 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
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Design Feature
Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Resistance To Challenges
Black Walnut
Compaction
Deer
Diseases
Drought
Dry Soil
Erosion
Fire
Foot Traffic
Heat
Heavy Shade
Humidity
Insect Pests
Pollution
Poor Soil
Rabbits
Salt
Slugs
Squirrels
Storm damage
Urban Conditions
Voles
Wet Soil
Wind
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Landscape Location
Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland
Ilex x koehneana 'Martha Berry': Attracts
Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees
