Ilex cornuta 'Carissa'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Ilex cornuta 'Carissa'
Michael Dirr
Ilex cornuta 'Carissa'
Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' (click for large image)
Carissa Chinese Holly
Common Names:
  • Carissa Chinese Holly
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Carissa Chinese Holly
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Can tolerate both shady and sunny conditions.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 6 to Zone 9

Dirr says: "Definitely less cold hardy than 'Dwarf Burford'"

Growth:

  Range: Grows to 5'.
Dirr says: "dense dwarf form 3 to 4' high and 4 to 6' wide at maturity. It is a branch sport of 'Rotunda' and will revert to 'Rotunda' form on occasion; older plants are more prone to this than young ones."

Flowers:

  Color(s): White
Season(s): Early Spring
 

Foliage:

  Broadleaf Evergreen
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer.
Dirr says: "leaves are alternate, simple, ovate, 2 to 3" long, 1 to 1 1/2" wide, single terminal spine, leathery to the point of plasticity."  

Fruit:

  Dirr says: "I have not seen it fruit"  

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a foundation plant.
Can be used as a hedge plant.
Can be used as a grouping plant.

Other:

  Is Resistant to Drought
Is Heat Tolerant
 
Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAmerican Canyon, CA
Angwin, CAAntioch, CABaltimore, MD
Bayside, NYBronx, NYBrooklyn, NY
Brownsville, TXCanton, MICharlottesville, VA
College Point, NYCorona, NYDanville, CA
Detroit, MIDublin, CAEast Elmhurst, NY
East Greenville, PAEast Texas, PAEaston, PA
Ecorse, MIEl Cerrito, CAElmhurst, NY
Emmaus, PAEssex, CAFairfield, CA
Fawnskin, CAFerndale, MIFlorence, SC
Flushing, NYFontana, CAForest Falls, CA
Forest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VAFremont, CA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Hamtramck, MIHarper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MI
Highland Park, MIHunt Valley, MDJackson Heights, NY
Leasburg, NCLexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLudlow, CA
Macomb, MIMarysville, MIMaspeth, NY
Memphis, MIMercedes, TXMiddle Village, NY
Mission, TXModesto, CAMoreno Valley, CA
Morgantown, WVMount Clemens, MINew Baltimore, MI
New Haven, MINew York, NYNewark, CA
Newport News, VANorth Street, MINottingham, MD
Oakland Gardens, NYOakley, CAOakville, CA
Olmito, TXOrinda, CAParkville, MD
Penitas, TXPharr, TXPhelan, CA
Philadelphia, PAPikesville, MDPinole, CA
Pinon Hills, CAPittsburg, CAPleasanton, CA
Pope Valley, CAPort Costa, CAPort Isabel, TX
Progreso, TXRedlands, CARego Park, NY
Rialto, CARidgewood, NYRimforest, CA
River Rouge, MIRosedale, MDSaratoga, CA
Soquel, CASparrows Point, MDStaten Island, NY
Taylor, MI
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