Ilex verticillata 'Aurantiaca'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Ilex verticillata 'Aurantiaca'
Michael Dirr
Ilex verticillata 'Aurantiaca'
Ilex verticillata 'Aurantiaca' (click for large image)
Aurantiaca Black Alder, Aurantiaca Common Winterberry, Aurantiaca Coralberry, Aurantiaca Michigan Holly
Common Names:
  • Aurantiaca Black Alder
  • Aurantiaca Common Winterberry
  • Aurantiaca Coralberry
  • Aurantiaca Michigan Holly
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full sun.
Moderate to wet conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 3 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 5' to 10'.
Dirr says: "about 6 to 8' high and wide at maturity."

Flowers:

  Color(s): White
Season(s): Spring

Dirr says: "early flowering"  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and yellow and purple in the fall.
 

Fruit:

  Color: Orange
Season(s): Fall
Dirr says: "abundant orange fruits about 1/4 to 1/3" diameter, fruits do not persist as well as several of the red forms; they may start orange-red and fade to orange-yellow; birds do not seem to bother the fruits. Observations in Boston, MA and Atlanta, GA indicate fruit quality, color and retention diminish more rapidly than most red types; fruits discolor terribly in Zone 7 to 8."  

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

Other:

   
Ilex verticillata 'Aurantiaca' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAlsip, IL
American Canyon, CAAngwin, CAAntioch, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBronx, NY
Brooklyn, NYBrownsville, TXCanton, MI
Chicago, ILCicero, ILCollege Point, NY
Conneaut, OHCorona, NYDanville, CA
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEssex, CA
Evergreen Park, ILFawnskin, CAFerndale, MI
Florence, SCFlushing, NYFontana, CA
Forest Falls, CAForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHunt Valley, MD
Jackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NCLexington, NC
Liberty, NCLinwood, NCLittle Neck, NY
Ludlow, CAMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMercedes, TX
Middle Village, NYMission, TXModesto, CA
Moreno Valley, CAMorgantown, WVMount Clemens, MI
New Baltimore, MINew Haven, MINew York, NY
Newport News, VANorth Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MI
Oakland Gardens, NYOlmito, TXPenitas, TX
Pharr, TXPhelan, CAPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDPinon Hills, CAPort Isabel, TX
Progreso, TXRedlands, CARego Park, NY
Rialto, CARidgewood, NYRimforest, CA
Riverdale, ILSaratoga, CASoquel, CA
Sparrows Point, MDStaten Island, NYTaylor, MI
Temperance, MITemple City, CATowson, MD
Trenton, MITres Pinos, CAUpland, CA
Virginia Beach, VAWalnut, CAWatsonville, CA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MI
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