Ilex is a Ilex plant. Evergreen tree is a flowering plant and the only genus of Ilex. Its bark is gray or light gray, with longitudinal grooves, and its branches are light green and hairless.
Leaves are thin leathery, long and narrow oval or lanceolate, tapering at the top, wedge-shaped at the base, with shallow serrations at the edge, and reddish brown and shiny after drying. Petals purplish red or lavender, rolled outward. The fruit is oval or nearly spherical, and it is dark red at maturity.
Evergreen trees, up to13m; Bark gray-black, annual branchlets light gray, cylindrical, with thin edges; The lenticels of two to perennial branches are not obvious, and the leaf scars are crescent-shaped.
Main value
1, look
Holly is the most widely used tree species in landscaping, which is crisp and shiny, healthy and vigorous, and has high ornamental value. It is an excellent ornamental tree species in the courtyard. It should be planted alone on the lawn, at the door, by the wall, on both sides of the garden road, or scattered on the piled stones and hills. It is lush and lovely.
Holly is dwarfed by old piles or growth inhibition and used to make bonsai. Holly has lush foliage and evergreen seasons. Because of its beautiful tree shape and green branches and leaves, it is the first choice for park fence greening, which can be used in parks, courtyards, green walls and central isolation belts of expressways.
2. Economy
Wood is tough, and it is used as raw material for joiners to make toys, sculptures, tool handles, brushes and wooden combs. Bark contains shoe material, which can be used to extract tannin extract.