Ilex pedunculosa, called longstalk holly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ilex, native to central and southern China, Taiwan, and Japan.[2] A lanky shrub or shrubby tree typically reaching 5 m (16 ft) in the garden, it is quite cold hardy (to USDA zone 5a).[3] It gets its specific epithet and common name from its long peduncle (the stalk from which the berry depends). The red berries are relished by birds. It is deer resistant.[3]

References

  1. ^ Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., ser. 2, 2: 83 (1868)
  2. ^ a b "Ilex pedunculosa Miq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ilex pedunculosa". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. N.C. Cooperative Extension. 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.