Hollyleaf Cherry
Prunus ilicifolia
Glossy, holly-like evergreen with fragrant white flower spikes and dark cherries used by Indigenous peoples. Shears into a handsome, drought-proof hedge.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–25 ft
- Spacing
- 8–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~456 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA
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