Ilex amelanchier (female) Propagate and in the South grows

and in the South grows into a graceful evergreen tree rather than the shrubby

and the fruit juice has served as a folk mosquito repellent

the spore cases hide under little folded-down flaps

yet the tree belongs to the witch-hazel family

Ilex amelanchier (female) Propagate and in the South growsIlex amelanchier is one of the surprises of the genus, a holly that drops the leaves in fall and carries none of the usual prickles. This rare native grows as a tall deciduous shrub or small tree, and the female plants, this one among them, hang dull, matte red berries on unusually long stems, a soft toned, almost muted display quite unlike the glossy scarlet of a Christmas holly. The epithet amelanchier is the giveaway, borrowed straight from the