Plant: Scarlet's Peak - Yaupon Holly
Holly · Ilex vomitoria 'Scarlet's Peak'
Size: 15 gal
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More about this plant
Scarlet's Peak is a dense, multi-stemmed, narrowly upright and columnar yaupon holly reaching about 20 feet tall and only 3 feet wide, with fine texture. Glossy oval leaves emerge chartreuse in spring and stay dark green through winter, and the female plant bears abundant red berries from mid fall to mid winter when a male is nearby. It takes full sun to partial shade and works as an accent, mass planting, narrow screen or container plant.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 25 ft tall and 15 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Scarlet's Peak is a dense, multi-stemmed, narrowly upright and columnar yaupon holly reaching about 20 feet tall and only 3 feet wide, with fine texture. Glossy oval leaves emerge chartreuse in spring and stay dark green through winter, and the female plant bears abundant red berries from mid fall to mid winter when a male is nearby. It takes full sun to partial shade and works as an accent, mass planting, narrow screen or container plant.
- Flowers
- Small greenish white flowers in the leaf axils in spring; male and female flowers are on separate plants and this selection is female.
- Foliage
- Glossy, oval, evergreen leaves that emerge chartreuse in spring and stay dark green through winter.
- Fruit
- Abundant red berries from mid fall to mid winter that attract birds; a different yaupon selection nearby is needed for fruit set.
- Bark & stems
- Light gray to white, smooth bark (species).
- Pruning
- Prune in late winter once extreme cold has passed.
- Native range
- Eastern U.S. and Mexico (species)
