Ilex hybrids Cultivar List

Ilex hybrids

Cultivar Fruit Comments

Apollo Male for Bonfire, Harvest Red, Sparkleberry 10 to 12' tall; 4" light green leaves; vigorous upright with ascending branches; new leaves are reddish, fades to green; light yellow fall color; hardy to zone 5

Autumn Glow Vivid red fruit lasts till December; single, 2 to 3 per cluster; color bleaches out early 6 to 12' tall; 1.5 to 2.5" light green leaves; yellow green, purple, red fall color; spreading to slight vase habit

Bonfire Small vivid red fruit ripens in early fall; single or 2 to 4 per cluster; drooping slender branches; fruits at an early age 8 to 12' tall; 5" leaves; vigorous spreading habit; mound shaped crown; hardy to zone 5

Carolina Cardinal Long lasting red fruit Dull green foliage; a JC Raulston Arboretum introduction

Harvest Red Vivid red fruit; does not sunburn; persists till December 9' tall and 6' wide; 1.7 to 2.7" lustrous dark green leaves; purple red to yellow green fall color

Hopewell Myte Small, vivid red fruit; single or 2 to 3 per cluster; long lasting 2 to 4' tall; 2.5" leaves; deep purplish red branches; dwarf, low spreading habit

Hopewell Grenadier Reddish orange fruit fading to light red in late winter; single or 2 to 3 per cluster 10 to 12' tall; 3.5" leaves; upright habit; hardy to zone 5

Raritan Chief Male for Autumn Glow and Harvest Red 6 to 12' tall; 1.7 to 2.2" leaves; good green color; flowers over a long period; low, dense spreading habit; brittle branches

Sparkleberry Vivid red small fruit; single or 3 in cluster; heavy fruiting; persists into winter 15' tall; 3" leaves with fine serration; upright spreading habit; hardy to zone 5

Cultivar	Fruit	Comments
Apollo	Male for Bonfire, Harvest Red, Sparkleberry	10 to 12' tall; 4" light green leaves; vigorous upright with ascending branches; new leaves are reddish, fades to green; light yellow fall color; hardy to zone 5
Autumn Glow	Vivid red fruit lasts till December; single, 2 to 3 per cluster; color bleaches out early	6 to 12' tall; 1.5 to 2.5" light green leaves; yellow green, purple, red fall color; spreading to slight vase habit
Bonfire	Small vivid red fruit ripens in early fall; single or 2 to 4 per cluster; drooping slender branches; fruits at an early age	8 to 12' tall; 5" leaves; vigorous spreading habit; mound shaped crown; hardy to zone 5
Carolina Cardinal	Long lasting red fruit	Dull green foliage; a JC Raulston Arboretum introduction
Harvest Red	Vivid red fruit; does not sunburn; persists till December	9' tall and 6' wide; 1.7 to 2.7" lustrous dark green leaves; purple red to yellow green fall color
Hopewell Myte	Small, vivid red fruit; single or 2 to 3 per cluster; long lasting	2 to 4' tall; 2.5" leaves; deep purplish red branches; dwarf, low spreading habit
Hopewell Grenadier	Reddish orange fruit fading to light red in late winter; single or 2 to 3 per cluster	10 to 12' tall; 3.5" leaves; upright habit; hardy to zone 5
Raritan Chief	Male for Autumn Glow and Harvest Red	6 to 12' tall; 1.7 to 2.2" leaves; good green color; flowers over a long period; low, dense spreading habit; brittle branches
Sparkleberry	Vivid red small fruit; single or 3 in cluster; heavy fruiting; persists into winter	15' tall; 3" leaves with fine serration; upright spreading habit; hardy to zone 5